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Sheffield Wednesday had to settle for a point after Nottingham Forest rocked them with an explosive start as Dexter Blackstock grabbed his fourth of the season.

The Sheffield side were stung into action and Luke Varney saw his speculative shot from the edge of the area take a deflection before Marcus Tudgay almost carved out an equaliser with his back to goal, but his dipping shot was tipped over the bar by Lee Camp.

Varney, on loan from Derby, squandered a better opening minutes later after winger Jermaine Johnson had done the hard work producing a precise cross from the left which was poked wide of the target from eight yards by the Wednesday striker.

Forest should have surged further ahead on 17 minutes as Anderson again showed his pace,steaming down the left flank before crossing to the unmarked Blackstock, who fired wide with an open goal in front of him.

Wednesday were back on level terms six minutes before the break. After Varney challenged in the area, the ball fell to Tudgay, who finished with a right-foot volley which took a deflection and wrong-footed Camp for the striker's fourth of the season.