BRIGHTON’S Danny Welbeck claimed the South Coast Champions League bragging rights against Bournemouth.
The super-sub beat-up the Cherries with a stylish second-half victor which had the Seagulls flying level connected points with their coastal rivals.
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ReutersJoao Pedro had fixed the hosts the pb from the punishment spot but that was wiped retired by a fabulous Justin Kluivert equaliser.
But erstwhile Manchester United and Arsenal prima Welbeck won the neighbourly contention with the victor 15 minutes from time.
Both seaside towns person been successful splashing signifier successful their bid to assertion their spot astatine the apical European array adjacent season.
But it was the broadside from Sussex who came retired connected apical again with their 4th successive location triumph against the boys from Dorset.
Bournemouth were forced to rearrange their backmost enactment erstwhile defender Illia Zabarnyi mislaid his entreaty against Saturday’s sending disconnected against Wolves.
James Hill took his spot alongside teenage centre-back sensation Dean Huijsen.
It was a large stroke for the Cherries arsenic the Ukraine prima had played each infinitesimal of the play until helium was reddish carded against Wanderers.
Brighton gave their January signing, erstwhile Inter-Miami prima Diego Gomez his afloat debut-and the Paraguayan didn’t fto his squad down.
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He was a changeless menace and did so supply the walk that led to Pedro’s archetypal fractional penalty.
The visitors started good with Ryan Christie forcing Albion goalkeeper to Bart Verbruggen to dive afloat magnitude to his near to claw his changeable away.
Brighton responded good and had the Cherries caller look defence successful disarray.
Georginio Rutter sent a almighty header wide conscionable earlier Kaoru Mitoma ran done and sent a side-effort rolling past the acold post.
But Gomez made his people erstwhile helium sent Joao Pedro into the container hounded by defender Dean Huijsen.
The striker kept his feet until Cherries stopper Kepa raced retired of extremity and bundled him over.
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GettyReferee Michael Oliver instantly pointed to the spot which didn’t spell down with the Chelsea loanee claiming helium didn’t interaction the player.
But VAR confirmed the 12th infinitesimal spot-kick and Pedro sent Kepa the incorrect mode for his seventh extremity of the campaign.
The visitors got their crippled backmost connected way but were dealt a stroke erstwhile a hobbling Christie had to beryllium replaced by Alex Scott connected 26 minutes.
Bournemouth were being pinned backmost by a vibrant Albion broadside but were ever threatening with a speedy counter-attack.
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ReutersThe Seagulls were unlucky not to treble their pb connected 37 minutes erstwhile Mitoma volleyed Tariq Lamptey transverse against the post.
At the different extremity Antoine Semenyo showed 3 location players a cleanable brace of heels earlier helium thumped his changeable consecutive astatine Verbruggen.
Brighton looked unsafe whenever they attacked nary uncertainty fired up by the information they had conscionable beaten Chelsea 3-0 and Southampton 4-0 successful their past league fixtures.
Bournemouth’s Justin Kluivert, who had scored 9 times connected the roadworthy successful the Premier League, had a quiescent archetypal half.
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ReutersBut consecutive aft the interruption the Dutchman came live seeing his transverse glide conscionable wide of the location goal.
Kluivert wasn’t looking glum for agelong due to the fact that helium was soon celebrating his 13th extremity of the run connected 61 minutes.
The winger took Milos Kerkez’s walk successful his stride, moved wrong earlier thumping a rocket into the acold country of the nett from 18 yards.
Bournemouth had their tails up but Welbeck brought them down to world soon aft entering the field.
He controlled Rutter’s walk with his close ft earlier mildly placing it with his near past Kepa into the net.
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