Brighton manager Hurzeler unfazed by Joao Pedro absence

While Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler accepts Joao Pedro is Albion's "key player," he insists have side have many other weapons with which to cause problems for opponents.

Hurzeler refused to rule Pedro in or out for Sunday's Premier League match against Nottingham Forest but was keen to highlight the attacker's importance to his team, having missed the draw with Ipswich last weekend.

"Every team in the Premier League has this key player that makes a difference, and in our case, it's Joao Pedro," he said. "But we also have other great players who can make the difference.

"We have [Kaoru] Mitoma, Simon [Adingra], and [Yankuba] Minteh. Danny Welbeck has already scored and we have now Georginio Rutter, [Evan] Ferguson, and young players in midfield like Carlos [Baleba] and Yasin [Ayari], that all have the ability to score.

"We have to make them score. We have to help them increase their percentage of making assists and of making goals. That's our job: to develop them and to make a team that is not only fixed on one player.

"It's very important that not only we know but also the opponent knows that we have several players with the ability to score, with the ability to make the difference."