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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Lansley at the City Ground

Nottingham Forest out of bottom three after comeback win over Brighton

Orel Mangala, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Cheikhou Kouyaté, celebrates Nottingham Forest’s victory over Brighton.
Orel Mangala, with Morgan Gibbs-White and Cheikhou Kouyaté, celebrates Nottingham Forest’s victory over Brighton. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

This was more than a tale of two Nottingham Forest penalties – one missed by Brennan Johnson early on, the other scored by Morgan Gibbs-White in stoppage time – but the manner in which Steve Cooper’s side rallied from disappointment to climb out of the Premier League relegation zone with their first win in 12 matches suggests they may have rediscovered their survival mojo.

Lewis Dunk’s handball in the 88th minute prompted such a long VAR review that 10 minutes of stoppage time had been signalled before Gibbs-White followed his strike at Liverpool on Saturday with his fifth league goal of the season.

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