‘Not really’ – Brighton assistant manager comments on Fabian Hurzeler red card in fiery draw to Nottingham Forest
In a game that saw both managers get red cards, Brighton had a tough game against Nottingham Forest at the Amex Stadium.
Chris Wood gave Forest the lead from the penalty spot after a clumsy tackle from Carlos Baleba in the 13th minute. After a frustrating 40 minutes, Albion burst into life with two quick-fire goals from Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck.
However, Brighton failed to capitalise on early opportunities to extend their 2-1 lead and were pegged back in the second half.
Sosa levelled the score once again after a quick counter-attack in the 70th minute. As Brighton searched for a winner, both managers saw red for their reaction to a late challenge from Morgan Gibbs-White on Joao Pedro.
The Forest man received a second yellow and his marching orders in a dramatic finale.
In the post-match press conference after the game, Assistant Manger Andrew Crofts spoke to the press. He said: “We’re frustrated, we felt like we definitely did enough to win the game,
“I feel like we should be speaking here about three points and a decent performance but we got one point and we’ve got to learn a lot from the last two games for sure and we will.
“There’s a lot to learn, review, analyse and grow from.
“Late on in the game, there’s a tackle that we feel is a foul, we could tell Joao (Pedro) was hurt, so you’re obviously worried about your player. Their player definitely doesn’t mean to hurt Joao, but it’s a foul.
“Their bench doesn’t think it’s a foul, we do and then the ref has to make a decision in terms of what he does.
“Reason Not really, I’ll have to see it back… The ref has made a decision, I’ll have to comment when I see it back… Personally, I didn’t see it (a reason) no.”
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