'Gareth Southgate must call Tariq Lamptey up before Ghana do!' Brighton fans buzzing after Newcastle victory

Tariq Lamptey has impressed the Brighton management and supporters following his move from Chelsea

Tariq Lamptey was brilliant as Albion as Neil Maupay’s double and a late third goal from Aaron Connolly clinched a well deserved 3-0 win for the Seagulls on Tyneside, but it was 19-year-old wing-back Lamptey who lit up an empty St James’ Park.

He won the early penalty from which Maupay opened the scoring and troubled Allan Saint-Maximin and Jamal Lewis down the Magpies left before producing a potentially goal-saving tackle at the other end to keep the home side on the back foot.

Albion fans said:

@WarrenBHAFC I can't remember a more confident, dominant performance where we scored three and hit the post twice since going up. I'm getting old and my memory is poor, but 79-83 I'm sure there were few if any games where #bhafc were *that* good.

@robin35311 Imagine if Chelsea weren’t so trigger happy with letting players go...de Bruyne, Salah and now Lamptey. With all that money they could have bought 5 Kepa’s #bhafc

@Gazcumps Tell you what, as bad as what we #nufc were today #bhafc have an absolute gem on their hands with Lamptey.

@WarrenBHAFC Match reports in press fairly unanimous that Lamptey MoM, Chelsea mad to have let him go, now worth £30m, and that Southgate needs to call him up before Ghana do. #BHAFC

@PlannerMarj I was impressed with Lamptey on Monday night (when he rinsed Alonso a few times) and even more so today. Looks like he could be a very good player. Absolutely rapid and superb work rate. #BHAFC

@colincurryer I know Lamptey was excellent (again) but a word for Maupay who scored twice and set up the third. Gotta feel hard done by not getting MotM after that! #bhafc

@SeagullsCentral Overall, an absolutely brilliant game & a great way to kickstart #BHAFC’s PL season. ⚽️ Albion dominated chances, possession, physicality all game & were crucially able to work through the stages of the game where the balance shifted. Connolly & Maupay up and running too!

@MagpieChannel_ Bruce did a copy & paste job from West ham last week & hoped for the best. No homework on #BHAFC style or tactics. Playing injured players AGAIN! ASM clearly not physically or mentally fit. Poor from our players today as well. Embarrassing come down to earth for #NUFC.