'We did not do enough going forward to hurt the opposition,' said Stuart Pearce after seeing his side lose top spot in the Championship.
Opposite number Sami Hyppia was pleased with the clean sheet kept by the visitors but admitted: 'If you want to win games, you have to score goals and today, we could not create enough.'
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Forest are back in action on Tuesday night when they visit Wigan Athletic.