This felt for all the world like another desperate and desolate Chelsea defeat, but perhaps, given the context, a draw was apt.
It was a test of who is worse — Chelsea at winning at home or Forest at winning away — and in the end we weren’t to find out. While Frank Lampard was able to enjoy some respite with victory over Bournemouth last weekend, here was a return to the performance levels served up by the Blues for much of what has been a season to forget.