NOTTINGHAM Forest were happy to make the long journey home from Brighton with a point – after being robbed on the south coast last season.
Assistant manager Rob Kelly admitted the Reds were still feeling the injustice of their previous visit to the Amex last December, when they were beaten 1-0 in a game they had entirely dominated.
This time it was the home side who were on top amid a one-sided first half in which Forest were hanging on under a barrage of pressure. But Forest were vastly improved after the break and Kelly was satisfied with a 0-0 draw.
"It was nice to come away with something this time. We were talking about last season with ten minutes to go, because it was probably the reverse situation this time around," said Kelly.
"We played well and created a lot of chances last season and were then hit with a sucker punch at the end.
"We were hanging on really, this time, in the first half. But other teams have gone under here and we did not do that. We showed a lot of spirit, our organisation got us through and we also rode our luck a little bit."
Kelly paid tribute to the Forest back four and keeper Lee Camp in particular.
"Lee was tremendous. The back four were as well. They worked hard to keep a second clean sheet and, as he normally does, Lee made the save when we needed it," he said.
"We will take a point, because it is a tough place to come. In the first half, they made it difficult for us – even if, strangely, during that period, we might have taken the lead.
"Half time helped us, because we were able to change things around.
"But, overall, we can be happy because we have taken a point, we have kept a second clean sheet in a row and now we move on to the next one."