Manager Nuno Espirito Santo played his cards right yet again; deploying a 3-5-2 formation to stymie the Brighton wing threats of Yakuba Minteh & Kaoru Mitoma. With Morgan Gibbs-White revelling in a new-found right midfield position; it allowed the home side to dominate both on the wings and centrally as well.
On one such foray down the right; it was Gibbs-White who found space to play a teasing ball that ended with Lewis Dunk turning the ball into his own net for the first goal. Gibbs-White was having a magnificent match; and before long; he flicked in an Anthony Elanga corner superbly to put Forest two up.
Things got even better for Forest when Elanga; another having an inspired season; floated in a pitch-perfect cross for the inevitable Chris Wood to head home before half-time. If you thought things couldn't get worse for Brighton in the second half; it very soon did. Another searing counter-attack saw the irrepressible Elanga provide again for Wood to tap-in; as Brighton players started to down their shoulders.
They even had the temerity for smallish Tariq Lamptey to desperately haul down Gibbs-White in the area for Wood to complete his hat-trick via the penalty spot. With Brighton in serious disarray; their shambolic defence saw former Liverpool left-back Neco Williams smash home a messy sixth; before substitute Jota Silva intercepted Bart Verbruggen's poor clearance to slot home Forest's seventh.
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