"The game should have been over and done with after the first 35 minutes. If it had been a boxing match it would have been stopped."
That was the verdict of Reds boss Billy Davies after his side wasted a host of glorious chances and the opportunity to register their first win of the season when being pegged back by Lloyd Sam's goal.
Agreeing that his men 'could not cope' with Forest's early onslaught, Simon Grayson was delighted with the way Leeds battled back into the game, so much so that he felt the three points could have been heading back to Yorkshire.
"In the end we were the dominant team and there were a lot of encouraging things to come out of today.