Graeme Souness believes Nottingham Forest could have 'easily' beaten Chelsea at the City Ground.
The two teams played out a 1-1 draw with Raheem Sterling scoring the opening goal. The Reds, who fought to come away with more from the game, were rewarded after being aggressive in the second-half.
Although Serge Aurier rescued a vital point for Steve Cooper's side, Souness believes the Reds' willingness could have seen them claim all three points against a Chelsea side that were not 'too threatening.'
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Speaking on Sky Sports, Souness said: "They could easily have won it. I think the way the game panned out as I see it, they had a game-plan to let Chelsea come on to them. When you do that you are playing counter-attack football and can appear to be passive.
"I thought that's what they were in the first half, without Chelsea really being too threatening. In the second half, they became more aggressive and decided 'we are one down, let's take the game to them' and Chelsea could not deal with their aggression.
"Chelsea looked powder puff and for me I bet the five-a-sides are great on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays but you have to stand up to a team that is fighting for its life. You know before a ball is kicked, before the whistle that they are going to be aggressive and Chelsea did not have the equipment to deal with that.
"Other managers watching that today will look at Chelsea and think 'we can get among them and we can ruffle their feathers'."
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