ENZO MARESCA insisted prematch that Chelsea were not yet ready to take on the big guns in the title race.
On this evidence the Italian head coach is right.
Nottingham Forest went down to 10 men when James WardProwse was sent off 12 minutes from time, but they were still determined and skilful and could even have notched a shock win.
Chelsea had six men booked and could face a second £50,000 fine this season - while frustration boiled over late on as a 20-man brawl broke out after Forest's Neco Williams appeared to push Marc Cucurella into Maresca.
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