'Oh My!' - Brighton player ratings vs Crystal Palace: Two 4/10s as Albion deliver a stinker against old rivals

Brighton really didn’t need that. Fabian Hurzeler didn’t need that. Where do Brighton go now after a 1-0 home defeat to their old rivals Crystal Palace?

It’s now one win in the last 12 Premier League matches and poor Hurzeler is feeling the heat. The TV cameras panned to Tony Bloom after the final whistle and the Brighton chairman looked far from pleased.

The decisive goal arrived on the hour as the Seagulls failed to organise themselves from a throw-in just inside their own half.

Evann Guessand played in Sarr and the Senegalese striker had all the time he needed as his effort smacked in Bart Verbruggen’s face and found the back of the net.

The goal sucked the atmosphere from the home ground and left Brighton pushing for an equaliser. The best opportunity fell to Greek striker Charalampos Kostoulas, who started ahead of Albion’s old faithful Danny Welbeck.

Kostoulas was clean through but his side-footed effort was well saved by the feet of Dean Henderson. That was as good as it got for Brighton. Yankuba Minteh, Welbeck, Jack Hinshelwood, Diego Gomez and Matt O’Riley were all introduced to no avail.

”You don’t know what you are doing,” and “sacked in the morning,” were just some of the chants as disgruntled fans trudged away.

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