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Verbruggen stings Bees

In a game in which, lacked quality at times, it was a moment of Brilliance from Ver Bruggen

which gained the seagulls 3 points, in a feisty mid table clash.

The 2^nd top scorer in the prem, Thiago, proved to be a handful for the Brighton backline, who started without captain Lewis Dunk due to illness, with a lovely backheel to Ouattara leading to a rash tackle from Baleba giving the visitors a penalty in the 29^th minute of the game, which Thiago comfortably tucked away, past Verbruggen.

At half-time, the home side were meet with boos from the home fans, clearly not happy about the lack-lustre performance from the home-side in the pouring rain. Leading to a double substitution with Baleba, who struggled to get up to speed in the game and the booked Boscagli coming off. With Hinshelwood and Dunk coming on.

The best chance for the Seagulls, came in the 55^th minute with Daniel Welbeck spooning over his shot over the bar. Following great work from Yankuba Minteh.

The bees struggled to get out of their own half in the second half, leading to a Brighton onslaught which eventually led to Danny Welbeck scoring in the 70^th minute following a wonderful cross from Minteh, setting it up for the Premier League veteran, fresh of an England snub, from Thomas Tuchel.

Eventually the pressure grew too much, leading to a late goal for the host side, with the returning Jack Hinshelwood, volleying a bouncing ball from the edge of the box past Kelleher, with the goal again coming from lovely work from Minteh on the right-hand side.

The drama, however, would not end, with a late penalty for the visitors, following a pull in the box from substitute De Cuyper. This is incident was checked by VAR however the penalty was awarded.

Thiago stepped up to the penalty, following mind-games from Verbruggen which resulted in a yellow card for the keeper. However, the result would not be the same with the Brighton goalkeeper providing a crucial stop, for which was his only 2^nd ever penalty save. The seagulls getting a crucial 2-1 win putting them up to 5^th in the table.

Managers-

Hurzler, on his 50^th game, believed that the result was deserved, and if Welbeck keeps up his good form, he has a good chance of going to the world cup in the summer.