IPSWICH, England (AP) - Nottingham Forest climbed out of the Premier League drop zone after it was held by Ipswich to 1-1 at Portman Road on Friday.

On a blustery night, Forest played with the wind behind them during the first half and it was a swirling ball that led to the opener.

Daniel Munoz threw in a high cross from the right and Neco Williams was unmarked in the box and guided his volley into the net.

Ipswich drew level four minutes before halftime when Nikola Milenkovic was caught in possession by Julio Enciso. The Paraguayan midfielder ran on to calmly slot the ball past diving goalkeeper Matz Sels.

The big talking point was the 48th minute decision not to send off Issa Diop after he felled James McAtee as he headed towards the Ipswich goal. The video referee looked at the decision and Diop was yellow-carded.

Forest had the bulk of the chances in a gritty second period but could not make its superiority count.

It rose to 16th place. Ipswich climbed one place into ninth.

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