VAR controversy and late drama were at the heart of a spectacular 2-2 draw between Nottingham Forest and Brentford at the City Ground.
Forest were the better side in the first half, and led through Morgan Gibbs-White's strike.
The Bees levelled against the run of play with a controversial penalty awarded by VAR which was slotted away by Bryan Mbeumo.
Yoane Wissa gave the visitors the lead with a superb chip with 15 minutes to go to give Brentford the lead.
Forest saw a late scramble go in off Mathias Jorgensen, an own goal which gave the hosts a point in the final stages of the tie.
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Story of the match
Steve Cooper made three changes to his Forest side that was demolished 5-0 against Arsenal, introducing Neco Williams, Brennan Johnson and Emmauel Dennis.
The main man to miss out for the hosts was Taiwo Awoniyi, who was left on the bench.
The main absentee for The Bees was Ivan Toney who was suspended, he was replaced by Keane Lewis-Potter in one of two changes made by Brentford.
Rico Henry crossed the ball into the box early on, but the pass was cleared away by the hosts.
Brennan Johnson had the first shot of the game for The Reds, but his effort was held by David Raya.
Scott McKenna was alert to ensure that the visitors were not gifted an early goal after Ryan Yates was caught in possession and the ball was sent to the back post.
The best chance of the game so far fell to Dennis, who was in space when the ball was floated into him, but the contact he got on the ball was not clean and left an easy save for the goalkeeper.
Wissa had a chance up the other end as the ball was cut back to him by Mbeumo.
Forest pressure
There were big shouts for a penalty for The Reds when Dennis went down in the box, but the contact was not deemed enough to warrant a penalty.
Johnson had another opening, after Gibbs-White won the ball in midfield and drove at the heart of the defence and picked the striker out, who could not slot the ball home.
It was a bright start from Forest.
Williams had an effort from range, but it was easily held by Raya.
In the 20th minute Gibbs-White opened his account for Nottingham Forest with a sensational strike.
From the edge of the box, the former Wolves man aimed a shot towards goal which took a slight deflection but went straight into the bottom corner to give the hosts a valuable lead.
Steve Cook made an important tackle to recover a poor pass out from the back, which could have proven costly.
Raya was on hand to head the ball away from danger when the ball had been played over The Bees' defence.
Josh Dasilva nearly landed himself in danger when he pushed Yates in the box, but VAR did not deem the push strong enough to warrant a foul.
Johnson had a shot from just inside the box, but it was saved.
Raya was caught in no man's land when a ball picked out Gibbs-White, who should have passed to Kouyate who was in acres of space to double the lead.
Yates was booked for a cynical foul around the 35 minute mark.
Serge Aurier slipped as the ball was played down the left wing, but he was able to flick out a boot to win the ball for Cooper's side.
Raya was able to punch the ball away from a corner which could have been dangerous for the hosts.
Lewis-Potter looked to cross, but it was overhit and could not pick out a Brentford player.
The visitors had a huge chance to level the tie late on in the half which later saw them awarded a spot kick.
Wissa was played through on goal and the flag stayed down, but a flailing hand from Dean Henderson tripped him up, and whilst Wissa still had an open goal he was unable to shoot.
The initial cheers from the home crowd for the miss were soon silenced as a penalty was given by VAR and a yellow card was shown to Henderson.
Mbeumo stepped up to take the penalty in added time of the first half and slotted the ball into the bottom left hand corner to level.
Forest had been by far the better side, but a poor defensive error had allowed Brentford to level just before the break.
The hosts had 45 minutes to recollect themselves or prevent the visitors from pushing on in the game to secure the win for the Londoners.
Dennis went down in the box looking to give the hosts a penalty early on in the second half, but there was no real contact on the Nigerian.
Gibbs-White floated the ball into the back post, but nobody in a red short could get onto the end of it.
Better from Brentford
Cook made a vital diving header to clear Mathias Jensen's cross from the right-hand side.
Mbeumo flashed a cross into the box after a wonderful move by the visitors, but Lewis-Potter did not manage to get to the back post to connect with it.
The Cameroonian attempted an audacious volley from the edge of the box soon after, but it rolled wide of the mark.
Johnson burst forward on the right flank for Forest, but his cross was wayward and went behind for a goal kick.
Gibbs-White drove into the box and looked for a penalty, but Ben Mee was not adjudged to have brought him down.
He then looked to curl the ball in from the edge of the area, but it went just wide.
Wissa gave Brentford the lead after lobbing the ball over Henderson to put The Bees 16 minutes away from their first away win of the season.
A wonderful lofted ball left Wissa in on goal and Henderson stranded, and Wissa calmly lofted the ball over the English goalkeeper and into the back of the net to make it 1-2.
Awoniyi was brought on by Cooper soon after with Jesse Lingard to try and recover something from the game for The Reds.
Substitute Sergi Canos went for goal to wrap up the tie for Thomas Frank's side, but he fired narrowly wide.
The visitors switched to a back five late on to try and bring all three points back to London.
Lingard tried to cut the ball back into the box as part of a siege on the Brentford goal, but it was well cleared.
Awoniyi had a huge chance to score for the hosts in added time.
Williams crossed the ball into the striker, but he flicked the ball over the bar.
Saman Ghoddos was in on goal at the other end, but fired wide, as the flag was eventually raised against him.
Forest had an equaliser in the final stages with seconds to go with a scrappy own goal.
Jorgensen was desperately unfortunate to see the ball come off him, and despite Mee trying to get the ball off the line, but he could not quite do enough, with the referee pointing for a goal.
Full time secured a vital point for Forest but heartbreak for Brentford.
Whilst it was more dropped points for The Reds, who will need to start seeing out wins if they are to survive in the Premier League this season, they did incredibly well to salvage something from an action-packed encounter.
The Bees were seconds away from their first away win of the campaign and will not believe how unfortunate the late goal was for them.
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Player of the match
Bryan Mbeumo stepped up in the absence of his normal strike partner for The Bees.
He netted the spot kick in added time of the first half, which was desperately needed for Brentford, who had not been at the races until then.
The 23-year-old was positive in his play and was able to link the midfield up to the attack effectively as well as trying to create chances of his own.
It was an impressive display from the former Troyes striker who had been given very little service in the opening stages.
Gibbs-White was certainly a close second, having caused the visitors all kinds of problems on Saturday afternoon.