MARVIN Bartley was sent off as 10-man Burnley went into the break goalless in tonight's Championship clash at Nottingham Forest.

Midfielder Bartley, in his third start for the Clarets, was given his marching orders by referee Jon Moss just after the half-hour mark for a rash tackle on Forest's Luke Chambers.

It proved to be the only dramatic action of the first-half, with both sides creating very little in the way of clear-cut chances.