Brighton had never won the Fulham at Premier League before the dramatic 2-1 win, words that seem to be a challenge more than anything for this wonderful mobile club in recent years. But if you will break a record, you can also do it with a 97-minute penalty.
In fact, it was a game that fought to explode in life, before Raul Jimenez’s 10th goal of the impasse, but Jan Paul Van Hecke led the seagulls back six minutes later in a frantic ending in the first end.
Brighton then dominated a second half, but with every passing second seemed to fall short of the killer coup in this European race, until a clumsy challenge of Harrison Reed in João Pedro with the remaining seconds on the clock.
Sam Barrott blew by a penalty and, after an agonizing delay of Pedro, the coolest and calmer man of East Sussex, frustrated Fulham’s hopes of sending Brighton in sixth. Pandemonium suggestion. Suggestion devastation.
“A difficult to take,” admitted Marco Silva. Very difficult to lose the game as we lost this afternoon, but that’s the reality.
‘When the game was completely under our control, we suffered a free kick, it was completely our fault.
Brighton secured a victory in the last game about Fulham, thanks to the 98 -minute penalty of João Pedro
Seagulls are now in sixth place in the Premier League table – just one point in the city of Man on Wednesday
Fulham chief Marco Silva admitted that it was ‘clearly our fault’ as his side lost the match
“It is clearly our fault the way we lose the game this afternoon.”
For Brighton, it is now a sixth successive victory since the 7-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest. The moment in the race for Europe, you think, it’s a lot with them, but Fabian Hurzeler remained thoughtful.
‘At Premier League, all games are a new challenge, we have to be happy with the situation at the moment, we have to enjoy it and then focus on the next challenge.
“We have to keep working, keep doing hard work to keep the moment if there is time.”
It wasn’t the most beautiful victory, but to this young and vibrant side of Brighton, it didn’t matter at all.
It seemed that these two were very well corresponded sometimes. For 35 minutes, there was little to define Pulse Racing before Alex Iwobi and Jimenez combined to a beautiful goal, both in its simplicity and in execution.
Taking the ball inside his own half, Iwobi ran to the right before crossing the back stick to Jimenez to fall and break home in the midst.
The lead, it lasted only six minutes, and it was another OH-Simple goal, this time Van Hecke Ghosting in the unmarked box to return home Yasin Ayari, free from a draw.
Fulham opened the scoring with Raul Jimenez, scoring his 10th goal in the season league
Jan Paul Van Hecke responded for the hosts just six minutes later, after a free kick
João Pedro was impeccable of the place to secure three points and his seventh goal this season
Brighton was by far the best side in the second half and twice saw goals discarded by impediments, as Fulham scored his luck.
With six minutes to play, Danny Welbeck somehow was left out of the brand completely without opposition of six yards, but finally the decisive touch fell to the man from Brighton fans would want.
A clumsy challenge of Reed knocked Pedro and, after a long wait, the Brazilian put himself, wasted the place and sealed the three points, deservedly, for the seagulls, who approached his European dream as a result.
There were questioning points about the veracity of the penalty that sealed victory, naturally given the decisive nature, although replays showed contact between Reed and the back of Pedro’s foot, but Marco Silva dismissed any complaint.
“I won’t complain because it was a typical penalty, where an intelligent striker touched the ball and felt the contact there. If it’s soft or not, he was smart and, if he was by my side, I would ask for a penalty too ‘
