Brighton 1-2 Crystal Palace: Premier League – Live! | Football

What a performance of Jordan Ayew, who mounted both goals and defended like a demon. Palace looks almost certain with 32 points, while Brighton is back in trouble.

Two slow strokes from Palace forwards, two expert finishes, win Neil Smillie’s derby. Graham Potter slumped in his seat when Benteke wrote that down. Roy Hodgson was ecstatic and Ray Lewington squeals with joy as Palace takes the points.

Woof! Brighton will quickly take a free kick. Burn tries to put the ball in, but Palace kept the form well. Ayew grabs the ball, then swings back and Benteke throws a volley.

90 + 2 min: Lallana opens it wide, but the ball takes a long time to re-enter. White goes ahead and can’t do anything with her. Palace will take his time in a goal kick.

90 + 1 min: Five minutes will be added and Eze leaves the scene for Palace to be replaced by McCarthy,

90 min: White wins another corner with a quick move and Welbeck loses the next. The ball does not fall for Brighton, but the Palace defense has also been exemplary.

89 min: Oof. Jahanbakhsh’s shot is deflected by Cahill after Welbeck leaves the ball and sets up a shot opportunity.

88 min: Veltman’s pass to Lallana is too strong. Brighton is running out of legs here, and a draw looks very likely at the moment.

87 min: Welbeck spins and extends the game. Veltman’s cross enters and Palace wins again in numbers.

85 min: Cahill, not so bloody now, faces some danger from Brighton. Jahanbakhsh is also stopped short by Mitchell. Palace has defended itself well, it must be said.

84 min: A short Brighton corner flops and Eze accelerates, only for Veltman to knock him down. Yellow card for the Brighton striker.

83 min: Ray Lewington is still vocal. It’s no wonder you can get away with just wearing shorts. His boys are holding up well with Brighton perhaps faltering a bit. Graham Potter, wearing a fashionable scarf, is giving instructions to his players, but the ideas seem to have fallen a bit short.

81 min: Brighton walks up, Gross exits, who has been unusually quiet, and Jahanbakhsh follows.

80 min: Palace has a long ten minutes to go, although it might as well run towards Brighton.

79 min: Benteke finds space and swings on a shot. He had more time than he perhaps thought.

78 min: And it still goes back to the defense of Palace. Joel Ward sweeps before Ayew, again, gains time by winning a free throw off Burn.

76 min: Alternate Palace: Mateta leaves for Benteke. Good goal but Mateta did not do much more in the game.

75 min: Guaita is alert to danger when Maupay plays Welbeck, then Veltman alerts Lallana for a shot that hits over the ball.

74 min: A royal attack on the Palace is stopped when Eze’s ball inside is directed by Dunk. The ball returns to Guaita.

72 min: Nick Willis says: “Surely that’s the price you pay to sit back and protect a 1-0 lead after half an hour. God, who would be a fan of the Palace? I don’t care if they hinted their way to sixth place, could you really bear to see it? (Don’t worry me about anything, I’m a Leeds fan) “

Dunk climbs into the corner, then Maupay cuts from the side and tries to hit a shot from the left. Guiata had detected the danger.

71 min: Burn gets a decent cross from the baseline, and Lallana’s shot goes over, and it seems to come off Cahill. It seemed to be heading inward. However, no corner was given.

70 min: Cahill returns with a clean shirt and two pieces of cotton on his horn.

68 min: Brighton change: Mac Allister leaves and Lallana comes to spray some of his creative quality. Meanwhile, Gary Cahill is being stitched on the sidelines.

66 min: More Palace breaking stuff as the shooting rains down, and Riedewald is the last to throw his body over the line. It’s all Brighton, but they still can’t seem to find the quality. It was 19 shots to one. And the score is 1-1.

65 min: Mac Allister has a good chance to play Welbeck, but the ball is too hit, and then Welbeck gets another chance when Maupay passes the ball to him but slightly behind him. Brighton gains a couple of corners as it progresses.

62 min: Palace takes forever in this game pause while Koutaye is down. They are happy to ease the coming storm in Brighton.

60 min: Brighton now moves on, and Trossard tries to make forays from the left and there is chaos in the Palace area as he has two blocked shots, and then Welbeck has one blocked shot. Burn whips one inward, and the game is finally stopped when Kouyate falls to the ground under the impact of that Welbeck shot.

58 min: The Brighton players picked up the ball to carry it back to the center circle. They clearly want to get three points out of this.

56 min: Oh Roy, oh Ray, that’s Palace’s plan gone up in smoke. And just when Palace looked solid. Good ending for the Dutchman.

Welbeck has a chance and is tackled just as he prepares to shoot, but the ball breaks and Veltman hits it at home for his first goal for Brighton.

54 min: Stephen Crisp Sends Emails: “Wait until Matt Burtz finds out about Neil Smillie’s other career options. And also that The Rockford Files was the American version of Dixon of Dock Green. “

53 min: Dan Burn has already been a more effective left-back in overlap than Alzate demonstrated in the first half. He gets a warning for fouling Ayew, who continues his good work, sweeping from behind.

51 min: Roy Hodgson seems nervous on the sidelines, but his team has achieved their game plan thus far.

49 min: Veltman is brought down by Milivojevic, who suggests that he did not make contact. However, there was no reservation, suggesting that Kevin Friend appreciated it as the Palace man’s attempt to retreat from the tackle. Palace handled the resulting free kick well.

47 min: Engrave overlays and cross loops. Palace only clears it half, and Welbeck cannot direct the ball towards the goal.

46 min: Welbeck will partner with Maupay in what looks like a 4-4-2 with Dan Burn coming out to left back. Graham Potter clearly thinking that Palace will want to sit on his leadership.

Half time change for Brighton, and it is Danny Welbeck who replaces Alzate.

Matt Burtz gets back in touch: Update: I’m 39 years old and didn’t know until today that Sanford and Son, which has one of the best songs in history, was a remake of Steptoe and Son. It was also intended to be the answer to All in the Family (itself a remake of Till Death Do Us Part, not that I have to tell that fact to anyone reading this). Throw in The Office and it’s a lot for American exceptionalism, huh?

Mateta’s goal is the bright light of a game lacking in quality, and particularly of the Brighton attackers. Palace had a significant attack and scored from there.

45 + 1 min: One minute added to half. It closes with Guaita claiming a corner of heaven.

44 min: Ward and Mac Allister collide in midair and fall heavily to the ground together. There will be no need for any concussion protocol as you are both fine to continue.

43 min: Ayew, who has excelled at both ends, is chasing a punt, and Palace’s defenders can get some rest. Statistics tell us that Palace has had only three touches in the opposite box. They also have a goal of that.

41 min: Ray Lewington also appears to be in shorts. An old school man. Mike Phelan would approve. Of course, it is unusually hot in the south of England. Roy Hodgson, however, wears the club jacket. Don’t cast a single influence until I can get out, and all that. There is a locking jaw somewhere.

39 min: Palace seems to be pushing a bit more on the pitch, with Ray Lewington’s strong breath ringing in their ears as they do so.

38 min: Dan Burn is penalized for colliding with Ayew, who falls heavily and with a loud roar.

36 min: Brighton moves on, Palace leans back. As could be expected. Townsend fouls Veltman and it’s a free kick opportunity to get the ball into the big boys. That goes back to Mac Allister, whose shot is deflected by Joel Ward into a corner.

34 min: Ciaran Crowther gets in touch: “Brilliant ball from Kouyate to Ayew on the right for the goal. Maybe Roy could teach Jurgen Klopp a thing or two about turning midfielders into effective midfielders. “