MANOR SOLOMON fired Fulham to an all-time nice smash and seize on the south coast.
After sitting of their half and watching Brighton waste probability after probability the Israeli raced away and confirmed them the way it was accomplished to take three completely undeserved factors and go away the travelling followers singing a few European tour.
Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi had been hopping mad all afternoon as he watched his facet, with out striker Danny Welbeck, falter on the key second repeatedly.
The Seagulls, who had been responsible of losing possibilities as they dropped two factors at Palace final week, got here flying out of the field on this assembly of two unlikely high six contenders.
Inside 5 minutes each Evan Ferguson and Solly March had sight of objective, although the younger striker despatched his effort excessive over the bar earlier than his teammate bent his effort across the far put up.
Pervis Estupinan was inflicting hassle bursting down the left, whereas Alexis Mac Allister despatched a ripper of a volley onto the palms of Bernd Leno.
Fulham had been inside themselves and struggled to supply something going ahead with out their talisman Aleksandar Mitrovic, lacking with a minor knock.
Brighton had their very own points going ahead, with nobody fairly capable of end off the probabilities they had been carving out.
Captain Lewis Dunk nodded narrowly broad from a nook earlier than The Amex erupted with requires a penalty as Joel Veltman went down whereas attempting to spherical Antonee Robinson.
Referee Darren England was unmoved, with replays exhibiting the skilled Dutch defender had gone down far too simply.
The sense of injustice received the house help going and so they nearly had one thing to have fun when March turned a knock down from a nook previous Leno, solely to see the offside flag rapidly raised.
March was driving the Seagulls ahead at each alternative, and put the ball on a plate for Mac Allister, whose prod was saved by Leno on the close to put up.
This was not a show of defiant defending earlier than grabbing a late winner. Brighton ought to have had this wrapped up with loads of time to spare.
Nevertheless it was a Fulham sub who stood up when it counted.
Soloman, making up for misplaced time after lacking a lot of the season after a knee harm, was despatched down the left by fellow sub Carlos Vinicius after the striker had shrugged off Veltman.
The Brighton again line had been scattered and will do nothing as Solomon raced away and fired low throughout Robert Sanchez to bag his second objective in as many video games.
His end was the essential contact De Zerbi had wished all afternoon.
The emotive Italian was dropping to his knees following missed possibilities after simply 4 minutes, and was simply as dramatic for the remainder of the day – spending the second half spinning away in frustration following each fluffed opening.
It wasn’t for the need of attempting from his boys in blue and white.
World Cup winner Mac Allister scrapped away within the center, rolling Issa Diop earlier than reducing again throughout the previous West Ham defender and seeing his fizzing shot tipped away once more Leno.
The No10 was joined by Brighton’s newest Argentine acquisition, Facundo Buonanotte – despatched on for simply his second Prem look since becoming a member of from Rosario Central in January.
He thought he had his first objective in English soccer when tapping in on the far put up from Deniz Undav’s cross, although the flag was rapidly raised to chalk off a second of the afternoon with the striker narrowly offside earlier than squaring the ball.
Fulham weren't studying from the warning indicators, with the Seagulls dashing in behind repeatedly regardless of the guests missing any need to get ahead.
Substitute Undav was discovering pockets of house within the Fulham field, however sending his supervisor even loopier with a tame header into the arms of Leno and one other that whizzed previous the far put up from March’s cross.
They had been made all of the extra painful by Solomon’s strike minutes later.
Undav was so reduce up that he left the pitch getting ready to tears at full time.
De Zerbi will understand how he feels.
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