Premier League high-fliers Nottingham Forest struggled past 10-man Exeter City 4-2 on penalties to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup after being held 2-2 by their third tier opponents.
Forest, who had started the night with a second-string side at St. James Park, will now host top flight rivals Ipswich Town in the fifth round in March.
The lowest-ranked club left in the competition gave the third-placed top flight side a tough time — taking a fifth-minute lead before going 2-1 down and then fighting back to end the second half level.
Exeter’s Ed Turns was shown a straight red card in the 87th minute for a high challenge on second-half substitute Morgan Gibbs-White.
Forest, who made 10 changes to the side that beat Brighton &…