Watch Danny Welbeck’s incredible free kick as Brighton star rolls back years in chaotic Nottingham Forest clash

DANNY WELBECK is impervious that adjacent aged dogs tin larn caller tricks.

But Brighton’s 33-year-old pedigree pup did not person the past laughter arsenic Nottingham Forest clawed their mode backmost earlier it each turned disfigured connected the southbound seashore with THREE reddish cards.

Welbeck netted his 70^th Prem extremity – and his FIRST nonstop from a free-kick – conscionable earlier the interruption to implicit the Seagulls’ turnaround aft Jack Hinshelwood’s 42^nd minute leveller.

Forest had gone up done Chris Wood’s 13^th minute punishment but looked down and retired until super-sub Ramon Sosa popped up with a timely 70^th minute equaliser.

The 2 teams – who some stay unbeaten successful the Prem this run – past ended without their managers connected the touchline pursuing Morgan Gibbs-White’s 83^rd minute sending off.

It was a nasty scissor-tackle connected Joao Pedro that earned Gibbs-White a 2nd yellowish from referee Robert Jones, 1 that led to some Fabian Hurzeler and Nuno Espirito Santo receiving consecutive reds for their reactions.

Jones had initially not blown for a foul, signalling that Gibbs-White had won the ball, but rapidly changed his caput amid the chaos.

The Forest prima could besides find himself successful further blistery h2o aft angrily approaching 4th authoritative Anthony Taylor.

After their archetypal triumph astatine Liverpool since 1969, and looking for a archetypal league extremity astatine the Amex for 9 years, the usually cautious Espirito Santo changed tact with an attacking line-up that included Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga.

Fabian Hurzeler besides shook things up done a archetypal commencement since April for Pervis Estupinan and benching Yankuba Minteh for Simon Adingra.

Ivory Coast winger Adingra was successful awesome signifier with 3 goals and 1 assistance successful each competitions, coming adjacent to different publication wrong the archetypal 10 minutes.

But Forest stuck to their gameplan – 1 that bamboozled Arne Slot’s Liverpool and was wreaking havoc connected the southbound seashore arsenic Hudson-Odoi threatened successful behind, precocious connected assurance from his Anfield winner, and was progressive again present successful the 11^th minute.

Gibbs-White sparked an onslaught from a speedy throw-in. Hudson-Odoi took implicit successful the container and invited a tangling of legs betwixt himself and Baleba, leaving ref Jones nary choice.

Kiwi planetary Wood slotted into the bottommost near country for his 3rd extremity of the campaign.

The hosts were rattled, adjacent much truthful arsenic Wood slipped successful again 7 minutes aboriginal with a glaring miss that was saved by a precocious offside flag.

Brighton’s frustrations were brought connected by Forest’s tenacity disconnected the ball, Gibbs-White the catalyst with immoderate channelled aggression precocious up the pitch.

The fractional was petering retired arsenic Wood was clattered successful the container by Bart Verbruggen, waved distant amid protests, but soon Brighton were level against the tally of play.

Jan Paul van Hecke curled successful a beauteous transverse with Hinshelwood rising highest. Espirito Santo slumped backmost to his spot wondering however the teen was near unmarked.

And 3 minutes later, the turnaround was implicit via an improbable source: Welbeck lasting implicit a free-kick. Even helium looked amazed arsenic it whipped into the acold country from 25 yards. Sels, bizarrely, was rooted to the spot.

It was lone Brighton’s 4th extremity nonstop from a free-kick successful 271 Prem outings.

Forest had each close to consciousness hard done by aft their precocious lapse, but Espirto Santo swung the axe swiftly astatine fractional clip with 3 changes: Yates, Neco Williams and Jota Silva.

The Portuguese manager was praised for his subs connected Merseyside, hoping for the aforesaid here, but alternatively watched Brighton stamp their authorization connected the game.

Welbeck should person added a 2nd with a silky tally done the Forest backmost 4 and narrowly poking an effort into the legs of Sels.

Espirito Santo rolled different dice with the instauration of Ramon Sosa successful the 59^th minute, and 11 minutes aboriginal helium tapped successful the leveller arsenic Jota sprung Brighton’s precocious enactment for the simplest of assists.

With some Espirito Santo and Hurzeler down the passageway and Forest down to 10 men, the visitors should person won it successful the dying seconds but for Sosa’s overhit transverse for Hudson-Odoi.

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