Brighton escaped the worst. The “Seagulls” may have been superior in the away derby with Crystal Palace for the 18th matchday of the Premier League, but they settled for a draw. Because they almost didn’t get him either, but Welbeck saved them with a goal in the 83rd minute.
Ayou opened the scoring at 45’+1′ with a header after Olisse’s nice cross from the right with his left foot, with the phase starting from a mistake by Vertbruggen. The hosts managed to limit De Cerby’s quality side, who, however, had their moments.
His change Welbeck the Italian coach proved to be the right move and the English forward was the one who gave the visitors the point. Gross crossed well in the 83rd minute and the experienced forward equalized with a header. Brighton went all out for the ‘double’ but didn’t capitalize on the chances they had with the ball ending up just wide in the 89th minute in a strange phase in which the ball found Welbeck.
The schedule for the 18th matchday:
Thursday (21/12)
Crystal Palace-Brighton 1-1
(45′ Agiou – 82′ Welbeck)
Friday (22/12)
Aston Villa-Sheffield United (22:00)
Saturday (23/12)
West Ham-Manchester United (14:30)
Manchester City-Bradford (postponed)
Luton-Newcastle (17:00)
Nottingham Forest-Bournemouth (17:00)
Tottenham-Everton (17:00)
Fulham-Burnley (17:00)
Liverpool-Arsenal (19:30)
Sunday (24/12)
Wolves-Chelsea (15:00)
Next matchday (19th):
Tuesday 26/12
Newcastle-Nottingham Forest (14:30)
Bournemouth-Fulham (17:00)
Sheffield United-Luton (17:00)
Burnley-Liverpool (19:30)
Manchester United-Aston Villa (22:00)
Tuesday 27/12
Brentford-Wolves (21:30)
Chelsea-Crystal Palace (21:30)
Everton-Manchester City (22:15)
Thursday 28/12
Brighton-Tottenham (21:30)
Arsenal-West Ham (22:15)
Source: Sport Fm
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