How the Irish fared: ‘Fantastic’ Westwood is Wednesday’s saviour

Carlos Carvalhal hailed Keiren Westwood as “a fantastic goalkeeper” after his first-half penalty save helped Sheffield Wednesday to a 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest in Championship action.

Westwood conceded the penalty but thanks to the ‘double jeopardy’ rule he escaped with a yellow rather than a red card.

Moments later he kept out Ross McCormack’s spot-kick and, within 60 seconds, Wednesday grabbed a lead they wouldn’t relinquish as they moved seven points clear of Norwich in the race for a play-off spot.