Nottingham Forest’s recent run of five games unbeaten in all competitions was ended by Brighton as the Seagulls claimed a 2-0 win at the City Ground.
Since Sean Dyche’s arrival at the end of October, Forest had lost just once and won each of their previous three matches prior to Sunday’s game by three goals.
Brighton dominated the opening 20 minutes but failed to register any of their shots on target, before Forest began to find their feet.
It had been a good spell for the hosts when Brighton made the breakthrough on the stroke of half-time. Maxim De Cuyper was found unmarked in the box by Georginio Rutter, and swept home from close range.
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Maxim De Cuyper breaks the deadlock to give Brighton the lead against Nottingham Forest.
Forest spent much of the second half trying to find an equaliser – racking up 11 shots to Brighton’s four – but were undone by some poor defending from Morato.
He attempted to play a ball backwards under pressure inside his own box, only for Brajan Gruda to latch onto it and attempt to round Sels. The ‘keeper nearly did enough but the ball fell kindly to 19-year-old Stefanos Tzimas to poke home.
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Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels makes a superb double save to deny Brighton a 2-0 lead in their Premier League clash.
Sels had earlier made a vital double save to keep out Diego Gomez and Ferdi Kadioglu, before Bart Verbruggen denied Igor Jesus at the other end. It was Sels who began the attack too, but Forest were unable to find the cutting edge that had served them so well in recent matches.
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Stefanos Tzimas doubles Brighton’s lead in their Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest.
Brighton move up into fifth with the victory, while Forest remain in 16th, just a point above the relegation places.
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