Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 Bournemouth: Kaoru Mitoma double sinks Cherries

Substitute Kaoru Mitoma’s second-half double helped Brighton come from behind to beat winless Bournemouth.

Bournemouth had gone forward when Dominic Solanke capitalised on an error by Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen.

The hosts seemed sluggish till Milos Kerkez’s personal objective drew them degree in first-half damage time.

Brighton confirmed 9 adjustments from the facet that began the 3-2 defeat by AEK Athens within the Europa League on Thursday.

However supervisor Roberto De Zerbi’s substitutions, which noticed Mitoma and Ansu Fati come on after half-time, made the required influence to propel Brighton as much as third place.

The newest win for the Seagulls comes six days after the primary anniversary of De Zerbi succeeding Graham Potter and confirms their persevering with spectacular progress.

Bournemouth are nonetheless in search of a primary league victory beneath Andoni Iraola and have now gone 10 Premier League video games with out profitable, their worst run within the prime flight.

Seagulls shake off gradual begin after European debut

This was Brighton’s first foray into the Thursday-Sunday fixture set-up that usually proves difficult to barter for sides taking part in within the Europa League or the Europa Convention League.

Albion had given an excellent account of themselves, regardless of shedding to AEK, however at the least their European debut had been at residence and meant there was no gruelling journey to eat into preparation time for enjoying within the Premier League.

That ought to have been useful for the go to of Bournemouth, however De Zerbi’s facet had been poor for a lot of the primary half, wanting surprisingly destructive and reluctant to get at their struggling opponents.

Verbruggen, introduced again to exchange Jason Steele in objective for his third league begin, was eager to play out from the again however he was caught out when dawdling within the D of the penalty space, Ryan Christie sliding the ball throughout to present Solanke a easy probability to attain.

However when Mahmoud Dahoud’s cross was headed into his personal web by Kerkez in first-half stoppage time, Brighton had a barely deserved lifeline that they grabbed with enthusiasm.

Fati and Mitoma linked up on the left just some seconds after Bournemouth had kicked off the second half, giving the latter the possibility to slip the ball throughout Cherries goalkeeper Neto.

Mitoma later headed Pervis Estupinan’s cross past Neto to seemingly seal the win, however Brighton remained susceptible at instances and needed to depend on saves by Verbruggen and an outstanding block by Estupinan within the closing minutes.

However, shifting up into third place within the desk was the perfect strategy to shake off the frustration of the loss to AEK, with a visit to Aston Villa on 30 September their subsequent league outing.

Cherries fail to carry a lead once more

Bournemouth’s incapability to hold on to a lead reared its head for the third time this season, and that is one thing Iraola wants to handle if they’re to keep away from a relegation battle.

They’d an early lead at Liverpool, had been 2-1 forward at Brentford till a stoppage-time equaliser, and along with this defeat it implies that eight very important factors have slipped from their grasp.

After irritating their hosts, a galling mistake by Kerkez allowed Brighton again into the sport, however a few of Iraola’s personal substitutions gave Bournemouth hope and should supply pointers as to the place they will discover their first win.

Antoine Semenyo was a risk when slicing in from the left, and had fellow substitute David Brooks’ fierce shot not been bravely blocked by Estupinan with six minutes of the 90 left, they could have gone on to salvage a degree.

However the go to of Arsenal subsequent Saturday after which a visit to Everton every week later are daunting prospects for Iraola’s facet, who’ve simply three factors from six video games up to now.