Brighton coach speaks out on Joao Pedro injury after latest scare

Joao Pedro suffered different wounded scare connected his instrumentality to the Brighton squad connected Sunday, with Seagulls manager Andrew Crofts saying the guardant took a ‘nasty hit’ against Nottingham Forest.

The 22-year-old started the crippled connected astatine the Amex Stadium connected the seat but came connected 71 minutes into the contest, soon aft Forest had equalised to marque the people 2-2.

12 minutes aboriginal Brighton were trying to interruption astatine gait with Pedro and Morgan Gibbs-White slid successful heavily, taking the shot but besides the man.

Gibbs-White was shown a 2nd yellowish paper for the situation amid fury from some benches arsenic Brighton brag Fabian Hurzeler and Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo were some sent off.

Pedro finished the crippled but was not moving freely and Crofts was not definite of his information aft the lucifer aft the guardant missed the past crippled against Ipswich owed to injury.

‘The tackle connected Joao looked similar it wasn’t a large tackle,’ Crofts told Sky Sports. ‘We were upset with it. The absorption is to spot what the referee does. I didn’t spot it due to the fact that I was communicating with a player. Next happening I saw the reddish cards to the managers.

‘Joao took a nasty hit. Hopefully he’s okay.’

On the chaotic scenes aft the situation from Gibbs-White, Croft added: ‘Late successful the crippled wherever we’re trying to propulsion to triumph the crippled and there’s a foul close by our bench. The subordinate is going for the shot but it felt similar a foul. Their seat felt differently.

‘I didn’t spot excessively overmuch of it but the referee sent the managers off. I’m not 100 per cent definite [why Fabian Hurzeler was sent off]. I haven’t seen it back. I’ll inquire him erstwhile I spot him. We’re frustrated. We felt we should person won the game. We created tons of chances. We astir apt would person wanted to make much chances.’

Forest took the pb successful the first-half done a Chris Wood punishment but quickfire goals from Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck earlier the interval enactment the Seagulls ahead.

Ramon Sosa equalised connected 70 minutes to permission the Brighton campy frustrated.

‘We are bitterly disappointed not to get 3 points. We created capable chances to triumph the game. We’re frustrated and possibly tempers were frayed,’ said Crofts.

‘Hopefully we tin larn a batch from the past 2 games astatine home. But we’re inactive unbeaten truthful there’s a batch to beryllium affirmative about.’

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