Danny Welbeck hits Brighton winner to keep Nottingham Forest in relegation mire

Forest remain just two points above the drop zone.

Danny Welbeck celebrates scoring Brighton’s second goal. Pic: Adam Davy/PA)

Evergreen Danny Welbeck felled Nottingham Forest with his 10th Premier League goal of the season firing Brighton to a 2-1 victory.

Welbeck’s winner kept Forest firmly in the relegation dogfight after Morgan Gibbs-White had cancelled out Diego Gomez’s early opener for the Seagulls.

The 35-year-old has now scored 10 in the top flight for the second successive season, having failed to hit double figures in any of his previous 16 top-flight campaigns.

Back-to-back wins have now surely ended any lingering fears of Brighton being sucked into trouble following their recent sticky patch.

But Forest, still juggling Europa League fixtures with the survival battle, remain just two points above the drop zone in what now looks like a three-way tussle, with West Ham and Tottenham, to avoid finishing 18th.