Brighton ended a run of three Premier League games without a win with a 4-1 home victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday, a result which piles the pressure back on the visitors’ manager Roy Hodgson.
The home side, who lost 4-0 at Luton Town on Tuesday, were quick out of the blocks and opened the scoring in the third minute with Lewis Dunk‘s powerful header from a corner.
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Brighton netted two more goals within a minute to kill off any hopes of a Palace comeback, with Jack Hinshelwood scoring from another header in the 33rd minute and Facundo Buonanotte made it 3-0 just a minute later.
Palace threatened to spoil the party in the 73rd minute as a relaxed Brighton defence switched off and Joachim Andersen‘s curling cross was headed home by Jean-Philippe Mateta, but Joao Pedro finished them off six minutes from time.
Brighton move up to seventh in the table, level on 35 points with eighth placed Manchester United who host West Ham United on Sunday, while Palace remain 14th, five points above the relegation zone.
