How to sum up a draw that should have been a win but was very nearly a defeat? Where to even start?
At the end of a tiring week, Nottingham Forest will accept the point against Stoke City, knowing they showed a steely never-say-die attitude to get it. It can still be a big one in the grand scheme of the season.
But there will also be plenty of frustration - at the visitors’ equaliser, at the red card and at not imposing themselves on a scrappy match in the manner they would have liked. Frustration, too, at the referee, who did not help matters.
