Fabian Hurzeler sends message to Brighton fans after Nottingham Forest thrashing

Fabian Hurzeler has issued an apology to Brighton fans pursuing the side’s embarrassing 7-0 decision to Nottingham Forest, admitting ‘everything went wrong’ astatine the City Ground.

Chris Wood completed a stunning hat-trick to proceed his singular tally successful the Premier League this season, with Nico Williams and Jota Silva besides hitting the people aft Lewis Dunk’s aboriginal ain goal.

Forest were themselves thrashed by Bournemouth past play and the effect could hardly person been much emphatic from Nuno Espirito Santo’s men successful beforehand of a rapturous location crowd.

The effect saw Forest unfastened up a five-point spread implicit fourth-placed Newcastle, with Eddie Howe’s broadside welcoming Fulham to St James’ Park this afternoon.

The Seagulls, meanwhile, stay stranded down successful tenth spot aft a 2nd successive decision successful the league and volition purpose to bounce backmost erstwhile they look Chelsea successful the FA Cup 4th circular successful a week’s time.

‘In the end, we are liable for the performance, we are liable for the result,’ Brighton caput manager Hurzeler told TNT Sports soon aft the last whistle.

‘That was not the show we wanted to amusement and we are precise disappointed.

‘We tin conscionable apologise for each supporter, for each instrumentality that’s extracurricular supporting us, for this effect and this performance.

‘When you suffer 7-0, I deliberation everything went incorrect truthful to take a peculiar subordinate oregon a peculiar signifier of the crippled is not the close thing.

‘In the end, you triumph arsenic a squad and contiguous we suffer arsenic a team, truthful we person to instrumentality together, we person to analyse it and beryllium honorable to each other.’

Brighton were without Carlos Baleba and Yasin Ayari successful midfield but Hurzeler refused to usage the duo’s lack arsenic an excuse for the dense loss.

‘I wouldn’t accidental that was the main reason,’ the German said.

‘In the end, shot is astir doing the basal things right: running, counter-pressing, reacting, and I deliberation with these things weren’t connected our highest level and truthful we weren’t capable to support a cleanable sheet.

You can’t triumph successful the Premier League playing similar this.’

Espirito Santo was understandably delighted with the mode his squad managed to prime themselves up successful the aftermath of their crushing setback against Bournemouth.

‘After what happened past week, the reply was good. We get punched, we get up. That was fantastic,’ the Forest manager explained.

‘These results are not mean successful the Premier League. There’s ever a reason. Last week, we didn’t bash good and Bournemouth were ruthless. The aforesaid happened contiguous with america and Brighton.

‘We got immoderate luck with the archetypal goal, that was the infinitesimal that Brighton wanted to react. We got fortunate and aft that I deliberation we controlled it truly good and, going forward, we were truly good.’

Espirito Santo reserved peculiar praise for Anthony Elanga, who wreaked havoc against Brighton and came distant from the came with a hat-trick of assists.

On Elanga’s concern with Wood successful attack, helium said: ‘It’s good. I deliberation it’s routines, habits, getting to cognize amended the spaces.

‘Anthony was astonishing today.’

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