Reds earn point but feels like a loss

Nottingham Forest earned a point against promotion rivals Bristol City, but will be very disappointed not to have taken all three.


The Reds opened the scoring with just five minutes to go, when big centre back Wes Morgan fired home following a corner.



However, Forest switched off in injury time to allow Danny Haynes to creep in and place the ball past keeper Lee Camp. It was the only time City had really carved an opening after a mix of superb defending by Kelvin Wilson and Morgan, as well as some very negative tactics from City.



Gary Johnson's men obviously came to Trentside with the intentions to frustrate Forest by having 11 men behind the ball and putting in very strong tackles.



So strong infact as it was a mystery as to why one of the City players did not get sent off. In form striker Nicky Marnard could have gone as early as eight seconds for a horror challenge on full back Chris Gunter.



On loan midfielder Evander Sno made at least six 'booking worthy' tackles that referee Anthony Taylor and his two female assistants decided to look over. Sno was eventually sunstituted by Johnson before he was sent off.



Forest were much the better team on the day but never really created any chances themselves on a frustrating day.



The closest Forest came to a winner was when the lively Garath McCleary crossed for Paul Anderson who had a tap in, but a brilliant recovery tackle from Cole Skuse saw the ball spin agonisingly away from goal and into the arms of Dean Gerken.



In the end both teams had to settle for a point which was probably a fair result on reflection, but Forest will be annoyed at their failure to see the game out and not take all three points.