Ramon Sosa rescues point for Forest with first goal in English football

Substitute Ramon Sosa scored his first goal in English football to earn Nottingham Forest a 2-2 draw at Brighton in a PL match which saw both managers sent off.

The Paraguay forward, a summer signing from Argentinian club Talleres, capitalised on a defensive lapse from the Seagulls with 20 minutes remaining at the Amex Stadium.

Quick-fire goals from Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck at the end of the first half turned the contest in Albion’s favour following an early penalty from Chris Wood.

Forest finished the match with 10 men after captain Morgan Gibbs-White was shown a second yellow card in the 83rd minute for a lunging challenge on Joao Pedro, with Forest boss Nuno Espírito Santo and Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler also dismissed.

A battling draw for the away side came two days after the 20th anniversary of the death of the club’s most successful manager, Brian Clough.

Both sides end the day with nine points from five top-flight games.

Brighton handed first league starts of the season to Pervis Estupinan and Simon Adingra, while Forest recalled Callum Hudson-Odoi and Anthony Elanga following their impressive impacts from the bench during last weekend’s 1-0 win away to Liverpool.

Hudson-Odoi, who claimed the winner at Anfield, made another telling contribution as the visitors snatched a 13th-minute lead.

After Gibbs-White powered down the right, the former Chelsea winger was bundled over in the box by Carlos Baleba, allowing one-time Brighton loanee Wood to slam the resultant spot-kick into the bottom left corner.

Albion dominated first-half possession but struggled to create for large parts, with the growing frustration of home fans increased by a series of fussy decisions from referee Robert Jones.

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