{"id":566580,"date":"2026-05-05T01:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566580\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:10:14","slug":"morgan-gibbs-white-shares-gruesome-results-of-injury-to-face-as-star-requires-stitches-after-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/566580\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Gibbs-White shares gruesome results of injury to face as star requires stitches after collision"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White has revealed the damaging extent of his head collision with Chelsea’s Robert Sanchez.<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White<\/a> and Sanchez banged their heads together midway through the second half of Forest’s 3-1 win over Chelsea<\/a> at Stamford Bridge on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Gibbs-White and Sanchez were immediately forced off after this nasty collisionCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

Sanchez<\/a> raced out to punch a ball away that Gibbs-White had sprinted onto, only for the pair to endure a sickening head clash.<\/p>\n

Both men immediately dropped to the turf as medical staff from Forest<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> raced over.<\/p>\n

Thankfully Gibbs-White and Sanchez were able to depart the field on their own accord, albeit with several bandages around their heads.<\/p>\n

The nature of the injuries prompted both players to be taken off, with Chris Wood coming on for Gibbs-White and back-up goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen replacing Sanchez.<\/p>\n

Read more football newsWhat does Gibbs-White look like after the collision?<\/p>\n

Despite the injury, Gibbs-White appeared in good spirits after the match as he happily posed for the camera to show off his stitches.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram story shared by Forest teammate David Bakwa, Gibbs-White gave a thumbs-up and sported a smile, albeit with a white cotton bud placed up his nostril to stem the bleeding.<\/p>\n

The Forest star’s white pants were also stained with several droplets of blood.<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White then shared a selfie to his own Instagram from the team bus.<\/p>\n

In the image, Gibbs-White has a small bandage placed over a cut on his nose and gave fans a closer look at the stitches on his forehead.<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White added the caption “Thanks for the messages, what a win congrats T @awoniyi18”.<\/p>\n

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The Forest star won’t be doing much modelling work in the near futureCredit: instagram @d.bakwa\"But<\/a><\/p>\n

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But he doesn’t seem to mind that\"Robert<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Spaniard’s battle scars weren’t as gruesome as Gibbs-White’sCredit: @robertsanchez_1 on Instagram<\/p>\n

Sanchez, who also required stitches as a result of the collision, shared a picture of himself on his Instagram and wrote: “Seen that you came out worst than me, hope you are ok big man @morgangibbswhite”.<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White’s injury was worrisome given it occurred just days before Forest take on Aston Villa in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final tie on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Vitor Pereira provides Gibbs-White injury update<\/p>\n

Speaking after the win, Forest boss Vitor Pereira was unable to provide clarity on Gibbs-White’s availability for the European fixture, where they hold a 1-0 advantage.<\/p>\n

“He’s a fighter, but it’s bad because it’s a big cut,” Pereira told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know (if he’ll play on Thursday), I’m not a doctor. But I hope, because he’s very important for us.<\/p>\n

“It’s bad luck, very bad luck. But he has the spirit of a fighter.”<\/p>\n

In a boost for Forest, the Premier League confirmed Gibbs-White’s substitution was not part of the league’s concussion protocol.<\/p>\n

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Pereira has Forest on a 10-match unbeaten streak, including five-straight winsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

That means his availability for Thursday’s clash against Villa will depend on whether his cut manages to heal in time.<\/p>\n

Which other players were injured?<\/p>\n

Gibbs-White and Sanchez were not the only players left reeling from a head knock on Monday.<\/p>\n

Chelsea starlet Jesse Derry was taken to hospital<\/a> after a mid-air collision with Forest defender Zach Abbott which sparked a nine-minute pause in play.<\/p>\n

Abbott walked off the field himself but Derry, who was instantly knocked unconscious by the head clash in his first league start for the Blues, required a higher level of medical care.<\/p>\n

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He was eventually stretchered off and replaced by Liam Delap, with both sets of fans offering their applause out of respect.<\/p>\n

Chelsea have since confirmed Derry, who was taken to hospital as a precaution, was conscious and talking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest star Morgan Gibbs-White has revealed the damaging extent of his head collision with Chelsea’s Robert Sanchez.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3628,59,1172,108,194072,194073,115,194074,221,1861,101,56,54,55,1232],"class_list":["post-566580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-football-news","tag-gb","tag-latest","tag-morgan-gibbs-white","tag-morgan-gibbs-white-injury","tag-morgan-gibbs-white-return","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-nottingham-forest-v-chelsea","tag-premier-league","tag-robert-sanchez","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}