From losing 5-0 one week to winning 7-0 the next, here was a case study in how to respond from Nottingham Forest, as if angered by the very suggestion last week’s beating at Bournemouth was a sign their charge towards Champions League qualification might be a mirage.
It is not. They are here, the real deal under Nuno Espirito Santo, determined to upset the usual order, the Premier League’s answer to the Hulk in that you will not like them when they are angry.
Brighton learned that here as they themselves looked green in the extreme, starting at the top with Fabian Hurzeler, who could only apologise to the travelling supporters after such a surrender.