Ten-man Forest battle back for Brenford draw

NOTTINGHAM: Brentford boss Thomas Frank bemoaned his side´s inability to hold onto the lead when a man up after a 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

The Bees looked set for their first league win in five games after Moussa Niakhate was sent off and Christian Norgaard headed in the resulting free-kick. But Forest fought back despite their numerical disadvantage thanks to Nicolas Dominguez´s looping header on his home debut.

A share of the spoils keeps Forest one point ahead of Brentford in 11th and 13th respectively in the Premier League table. Brentford have now dropped eight points from winning positions in their opening seven games of the campaign.

"We are just in that spell where we can´t get over the line in terms of winning the games. It´s a game we clearly should have won," said Frank. "We can´t keep the ball out of the net when it´s 11 against 10. That´s an unbelievable finish that´ll happen one in 100."

Forest nearly got off to a flying start when Taiwo Awoniyi turned home a corner at the back post, but he was rightly flagged offside. Brentford have struggled in the absence of suspended striker Ivan Toney due to breaches of betting regulations. But the visitors were nearly gifted the opening goal by Forest ´keeper Matt Turner.