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Bart Verbruggen was the hero of brighton A dramatic 2–1 home win after Igor Thiago saved a stoppage-time penalty brentford,
Seagulls were destined to taste defeat Fabian HerzelerThe visitors were ahead in the 50th match after Thiago’s brilliant first-half spot-kick.
danny welbeckEqualizing goal in the 71st minute – when he missed a goal England Remember this month – a grandstand finale for brighton Substitute Jack Hinshelwood was able to complete the change with six minutes remaining.
Further drama was to take place in stoppage-time as Maxim De Kuyper was penalized by the referee for holding Kevin Schade chris kavanaghBut Thiago was unable to earn brentford A share of the loot.
Thiago’s casual penalty technique came back to bite the Brazilian forward as Verbruggen refused to dive until the last moment and saved the spot-kick, prompting wild celebrations at the Amex Stadium.
Herzeler was in the stands after his third yellow card this season and saw Brentford forced into two set-pieces in quick succession in the opening exchanges.
Both were dealt with well and Brighton created the first chance after eight minutes when Yankuba Minteh turned Christopher Ajer, but Matt Wiffer fired straight at Caoimhin Kelleher.
Quality remained in short supply in the final third and this was summed up when Yassin Azari flicked the ball off his standing foot and ended up on the floor after an almighty air kick, much to the amusement of Brentford’s away support.
Brighton slowly began to turn the screw – after Thiago’s effort was ruled out for offside by the visitors – as Diego Gomez sent an effort wide before Georginio Rutter tested Kelleher, but Brentford broke the deadlock after 29 minutes.
It was a rout one and effective as Thiago held the ball well, showed his class with a back heel and Dango Ouattara’s blistering pace ensured he beat Carlos Baleba to the ball to win the spot-kick.
Thiago made no mistake from 12 yards, with former Brentford number nine Ivan Toney committing a similar no-look penalty after Verbruggen was sent the wrong way.
Yehor Yermoliuk volleyed wide soon after and although Minteh, Welbeck and Baleba had efforts before half-time, they were off target and ensured the score remained 1–0 at the break.
Baleba’s wayward strike was his final involvement as Herzeler made a double change at the break with the captain lewis dunk And De Cuyper introduced.
De Kuyper almost induced a home leveler shortly after Rutgers had a penalty appeal rejected as he picked out the unmarked Olivier Boscagli, who recycled for Minteh to lay-out Welbeck, but he smashed home from 12 yards.
Minteh forced Kelleher to tip his cross-cum-shot just before the equalizer in the 71st minute.
After cutting inside to Minteh, he produced a superb cross for Welbeck to deliver an equally excellent first-time finish into the bottom corner for his seventh goal of the season.
Another great run from Minteh ended with a shot blocked into the path of Hinshelwood and his curled effort into the bottom corner to make it 2–1 to Brighton in the 84th minute.
Brentford boss Keith Andrews thought his team had salvaged a point when Schade was fouled in the area and referee Kavanagh pointed to the spot, but Verbruggen saved only the second penalty of his career to deny Thiago in the fourth minute of stoppage-time.
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