Brighton News

Cole Palmer completed his hat-trick on the half-hour mark with a spectacular 25-yard free-kick, showcasing his exceptional skill.

A point means Brighton is guaranteed to finish sixth, its highest-ever final position in English football’s top flight in the Premier League. 

It was the fifth time in seven games that Arsenal has dropped points in the closing weeks of the season. By comparison, Manchester City’s 3-0 win against Everton earlier in the day extended its unbeaten run to 21 games in all competitions.

Brighton stunned Manchester United 1-0 at home in a Premier League match thanks to a late penalty by Alexis Mac Allister.

United had been shambolic in their 4-0 loss at Brighton in May and, even with debuts for defender Lisandro Martinez and midfielder Christian Eriksen, little felt new or changed about the performance.

Liverpool had taken over at the top of the table after their 4-0 demolition of Manchester United on Tuesday, meaning City could ill afford a slip-up at home to Graham Potter's side

Manchester City will head into the new year with an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League after Phil Foden`s first-half goal earned them a 1-0 win at Brentford on Wednesday.

Defending champions Liverpool still moved a point clear at the top of the table with 21 points from 10 games while Tottenham have 20 points from nine.

Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton was once again in inspired form for the visitors, time and again denying Brighton with some fine stops. 

Unai Emery`s side climbed into the top four, albeit briefly as fifth placed Chelsea, behind by only one point, take on Watford later on Wednesday.

Harry Kane stepped up his bid to win the English Premier League's golden boot as Tottenham warmed up for the FA Cup semi-finals with a 1-1 draw at Brighton on Tuesday.

United suffered a shock Round of 16 exit at the hands of Sevilla after substitute Wissam Ben Yedder struck twice at Old Trafford on Tuesday to seal a 2-1 victory for the Spaniards after the teams drew 0-0 in the first leg.

Successive 3-0 reverses by Manchester City, the first in the League Cup final and the second in the league, could be explained in part by the dominance of Pep Guardiola`s runaway table-toppers, but the losses to Ostersunds in the Europa League and to Brighton verged on embarrassing.

Eden Hazard scored his 100th career league goal when he struck in the third minute for Chelsea in their Premier League clash with Brighton on Saturday.

Ashley Young forced the goal in the 66th minute, his shot deflecting off defender Lewis Dunk to beat goalkeeper Matt Ryan.

Everton boss Koeman was on the brink of another damaging defeat after Anthony Knockaert put Brighton ahead eight minutes from full-time at the Amex Stadium.

Wenger`s side have been revitalised since the 4-0 mauling at Anfield in August and they maintained that momentum with a 2-0 win over Brighton on Sunday.

Benitez`s men are two points ahead of second placed Brighton and eight in front of third placed Huddersfield as they look to secure an immediate return to the Premier League following last season`s relegation

Trump quoted a tweet praising his daughter Ivanka, but the account mentioned in the tweet belongs to Ivanka Majic.

President-elect Donald Trump was on the receiving end of Ivanka Majic, whom he accidentally tweeted at instead of his own daughter who has the same name.