After their crushing loss to Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo acknowledged an injury and acknowledged that Brighton’s arrival would be a “big challenge” for his club. The Reds were crushed 5-0 at the Vitality Stadium last Saturday, ending their incredible run of eight victories and a tie in nine league and cup games.Forest is currently in third place in the Premier League, but after Manchester City and Newcastle, who are in fourth and fifth place, respectively, won last weekend, their lead within the top four was reduced to three points.

Brighton will visit the City ground on Saturday with an early kickoff, and the Seagulls will be hoping to maintain their strong away record, which has seen them go five games without a loss. Nuno stated: “It is clear that we must respond. We must respond, perform better, and work as a better team after a poor performance.Due to the poor performance, we need to get back to the fundamentals, identify our strengths and shortcomings, and work to improve.”We made a lot of mistakes. Overall, the game wasn’t too horrible; we got off to a strong start, but we have to consider that sometimes we don’t react properly when our opponent scores first. Despite having a strong start, we lost organization in the second half.

“We need to play better football, be more reliable, and perform much better. We need to work on a number of things because we were inaccurate and missed several passes. We have a significant task ahead of us. Brighton is an excellent team. Callum Hudson-Odoi will not play for Forest again after hobbling off with a groin injury during their victory against Southampton earlier this month. Nuno declared, “Callum is not here. He will not be available for the game; this will be a significant miss for us.Danilo and Ibrahim (Sangare) have joined the team and are prepared, but Callum is not. We’re still working on it and plan to make improvements shortly, but it won’t be accessible for this game.

As the last weekend of business draws near, Forest has remained remarkably quiet throughout the January transfer window. Although Chris Wood and Murillo have both extended their current contracts with the team, Forest’s only new addition is goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey, who signed a short-term contract that ends at the end of the current campaign. Nuno responded that it would have to be someone “special” when asked if he thought anyone else will be brought in. “The club has to work, it is not easy to operate in this transfer window but it is always the same, someone has to be special,” he continued. “For someone to come and help us, it has to be different and fit in the squad so someone that brings a different option and solution, so that was our approach as coaching staff.”

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