Having failed to take anything from their dominant performance in their 2-1 defeat to Luton Town on Saturday, it was another frustrating evening for Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday.

Despite once again enjoying the majority of possession and territory against early play-off contenders Nottingham Forest at Ewood Park, Blackburn were forced to settle for a point, as they were held 1-1 by Sabri Lamouchi's side.

After Adam Armstrong opened the scoring for Blackburn 63 minutes in, Joe Lolley equalised for the visitors just a couple of minutes later, securing the draw for the visitors.

But despite the frustration at the result, there was still plenty for Blackburn to take from the game going forward, both to work on, and build on.

Here, we take a look at three things we learned about Blackburn from that draw.

They can compete with the best in the division

Coming into the game, Forest were third in the Championship table, having briefly sat top of the division following their 3-2 win at Stoke on Friday night.

On Tuesday, however, it was Blackburn who enjoyed the better of the game, creating the majority of the chances and retaining more of the possession, showing that they have the ability to trouble even the best in the division.

Indeed, with Forest seemingly playing for time as the game approached its final stages - with Lamouchi's side in no rush to take free-kicks or goal kicks - it is evident that even the sides expected to compete at the very top of the Championship will be happy with a point at Ewood Park this season.

That, therefore, is a compliment that Blackburn should take confidence from, although the challenge now will be to figure out a way to overcome those teams taking such an approach when they make the trip to East Lancashire.

Adam Armstrong has made a statement of intent

With the exception of a stunning strike in Blackburn's 2-1 win at Reading in September, Adam Armstrong has arguably struggled to make an impact this season, struggling to really develop a connection with his fellow attacking players, or pose much threat to opposition defences.

That, however, changed dramatically on Tuesday night.

Up against one of the Championship's form teams, Armstrong posed plenty of problems for the Forest defence, with his pace and dribbling ability allowing him to get in behind that backline, demonstrating the influence he can have, particularly with the quality of passing he displayed on Tuesday.

Having also taken his goal clinically, Armstrong will surely feel that, with the vast array of attacking options Mowbray has to pick from, this performance has come at the perfect time to cement his place in the side.

They need to close down quicker

What is likely to be significantly frustrating for Blackburn, is the nature of Forest's equaliser.

Having taken the lead thanks to Armstrong just minutes earlier, Rovers, perhaps not back up to sharpness following the celebrations, gave Joe Lolley too much time and space 25 yards from goal, before allowing the midfielder to place a pinpoint effort into the bottom corner of Christian Walton's goal.

Given Lolley's ability to produce moments like that, you feel Blackburn should have known better than to allow him that opportunity, and with some slow defending almost allowing Forest in behind to for a second just moments later - barring an excellent sliding challenge on Albert Adomah from Elliott Bennett - you feel Mowbray's side could have been punished even more severely for Forest.

You feel, therefore, that if Blackburn are to compete with promotion contenders such as Forest, they will have to tighten up their defence for the full 90 minutes, to avoid dropping more points than they need to.

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