Neco Williams, a Nottingham Forest defender, was sent to hospital following a serious head collision as his team rose out of the Premier League relegation zone.

Williams collided with teammate Brennan Johnson during the second half of Liverpool’s triumph over Brighton and required extensive treatment on the City Ground surface.
With the scores level, he was carried out on a stretcher, and manager Steve Cooper announced after the game that the defender had been taken to hospital.

After missing a penalty and behind against high-flying Brighton, Cooper’s strugglers could have been forgiven for expecting the worst. Forest, on the other hand, rallied back with a spectacular comeback to get out of the bottom three.

Jason Steele’s penalty save on Brennan Johnson allowed Albion to take the lead in the 38th minute through Facundo Buonanotte. Forest’s top-flight survival prospects were jeopardized by the star’s goal.

Forest, on the other hand, showed tenacity to equalize in first-half stoppage time thanks to Renan Lodi’s deflected cross off Pascal Gross.

Danilo scored his first goal for the club in the 69th minute, before Morgan Gibbs-White converted from the penalty spot.

It was Forest’s first win in 12 attempts and a crushing blow to Brighton, who are attempting to qualify for Europe for the first time.

But the win came at cost for Forest who already had 12 players injured and lost Moussa Niakhaté to a hamstring injury. Cooper, whose side visit Brentford on Saturday, assessed: “It is a good win. I’m over the moon and so pleased for the players and fans.

“But we haven’t won in months and I was walking off the pitch thinking: ‘let’s get ready for Brentford’. You think of the penalty miss and injuries, for the players to show that resilience and mentality. We got through it and we should take a lot of heart from that.

“We have to believe. We are in control of our destiny.”