Ange Postecoglou was denied his first win as Nottingham Forest boss by a late Antony equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Real Betis in the Europa League.
Forest trailed after Cedric Bakambu’s 15th-minute goal but summer-signing Igor Jesus scored twice to put the Premier League side in front eight minutes later and they could have gone in 4-1 up after a dominant first-half display.
Postecoglou made the attacking change of replacing holding midfielder Douglas Luiz with forward Dilane Bakwa at the interval, but it backfired as Forest ceded control to Betis and it came back to bite him when former Manchester United winger Antony equalised with five minutes to go.
Forest will feel like the three points slipped through their hands after a stunning first-half display, but they will take a point in Seville in their first European match for 29 years. Postecoglou delivered the excitement we have come to expect from him in the first game of his Europa League defence.
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