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Full time
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Half Time Brighton & Hove Albion 0 , Everton 0
HT 0-0
Key Events
Brighton & Hove Albion
- P. Groß (73′)Goal 73 minutes
Everton
- Beto (90’+7)Goal 90 minutes plus 7
Assists
Brighton & Hove Albion,Y. Ayari (73′)
Venue:American Express Stadium
Attendance:31,419
At a glance
- Everton fail to attempt a single shot in the first half
- Brighton score the opener through Pascal Gross in 73rd minute
- But Beto strikes in the 97th minute to rescue point for Everton
- PLAYER RATER
Beto came off the bench to grab a 97th-minute equaliser as Everton held Brighton to a dramatic draw in the Premier League.
It looked like Pascal Gross’ first goal since rejoining the Seagulls was enough for the hosts to claim three points, but the Guinea-Bissau striker had other plans.
On his 27th birthday, Beto arrived to score on the rebound after Jake O’Brien’s initial effort was kept out by Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.
The result means Everton sit eighth on the table with 34 points, while Brighton are two points behind in 13th place.
It was Brighton who did all the early attacking in a goalless first half, which settled into a lull after the opening 20 minutes.
While Everton failed to fashion a single shot before the interval, Brighton had seven attempts – the last of which fell to Kaoru Mitoma in the 18th minute and was the best of the lot.
Exchanging passes with Danny Welbeck to get into the box, the Japan winger poked past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford but saw his effort roll wide of the far post.
But it was Everton who began the second half strongly, with Verbruggen denying Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall from close range after Thierno Barry latched onto a poor back pass from Carlos Baleba and teed up the midfielder in the 67th minute.
Everton captain James Tarkowski then saw his header from a corner blocked on the line by his team-mate O’Brien, which proved costly when Brighton finally broke the deadlock a minute later.
Gross, who only rejoined the club from Borussia Dortmund this month, arrived at the end of a cross from Yasin Ayari to slot home in the 73rd minute.
But Brighton were denied by a goal in the stoppage time for the second time running as Beto ensured Everton left the south coast with a point.
Brighton analysis: More late misery for Hurzeler
Fabian Hurzeler’s decision to take off Carlos Baleba in the 81st minute at Craven Cottage last week was greeted with boos from the Brighton supporters.
It did not help the German manager’s cause when Fulham found a 92nd-minute winner to leave the Seagulls with just one win in 10 league outings.
And there was a sense of deja vu on Saturday as more boos rang out at the Amex at the final whistle – this time after Beto snatched a certain victory from Hurzeler’s grasp in the seventh minute of added time.
The Brighton players had looked determined to turn things around on Saturday and made a strong start.
Gross and Danny Welbeck went close to an opener in quick succession inside three minutes, before Welbeck had a header from a Maxim De Cuyper corner sail off target.
However, after Mitoma went agonisingly close to a breakthrough in the 18th minute, both teams cancelled each other out for the remainder of the half.
The second half began with persistent pressure from the Toffees, but Germany midfielder Gross produced the goal that would have came as a relief for his compatriot Hurzeler.
Gross’s first Premier League goal since a penalty against Tottenham in February 2024 came just when it felt like Everton were having a foothold in the game.
But the visiting side’s late reply means the Seagulls are now winless in their past five games, with pressure mounting on their manager.
Average rating
7.80
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