Liam Delap endured a frustrating return to Ipswich as Nottingham Forest were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw despite delivering a dominant performance at Portman Road.

The striker earned a big-money transfer to Chelsea after netting 12 goals for Ipswich throughout the 2024-25 campaign, but he returned to his former club with Forest on Friday having scored only twice in the Premier League since departing the Suffolk side.

Any prospects of recapturing his previous form failed to materialise, with Delap missing a gilt-edged opportunity 16 minutes from time to leave Forest with just one league victory from eight matches under Oliver Glasner .

Glasner will feel aggrieved after Neco Williams deservedly put the visitors ahead after 13 minutes, before Nikola Milenkovic gifted Gary O’Neil ’s team an equaliser with an atrocious back pass, allowing Julio Enciso to level after 41 minutes.

Forest remained the team most likely to find a second-half winner and were left aggrieved after Issa Diop escaped a red card for…