Roberto De Zerbi admitted Brighton reacted “like we had won the Champions League” as his players and staff ran across the pitch to celebrate with away supporters after a first win in seven Premier League matches despite Lewis Dunk’s red card.
With two more players dropping down injured after Brighton went behind to Anthony Elanga’s early opener, few would have anticipated what followed. Evan Ferguson’s equaliser and João Pedro’s double enabled them to survive half an hour with 10 men to end Nottingham Forest’s long unbeaten home run.
