BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) -Brighton & Hove Albion received a deserved point in a 1-1 residence draw with Crystal Palace due to a late own goal by visiting defender Joachim Andersen within the Premier League on Friday.
Brighton dominated the primary half and may have taken the lead within the thirty eighth minute, just for Palace goalkeeper Jack Butland to save lots of Pascal Gross’ poor penalty within the thirty eighth minute.
The hosts did have the ball within the internet moments later, however Neal Maupay’s effort was dominated out for a foul on Butland following a VAR assessment.
Further Brighton probabilities got here and went within the second half, however they may not make one rely with Conor Gallagher, who’s having fun with a superb season at Palace on mortgage from Chelsea, firing residence within the 69th minute against the run of play.
Palace seemed like they’d finished sufficient to safe all three factors, however Danish defender Anderson inadvertently diverted the ball into his own internet three minutes from time.
Danny Welbeck nearly snatched victory for Brighton late on however headed over as they settled for a draw that moved them as much as eighth within the standings on 28 factors from 20 video games, whereas Palace climbed to eleventh on 24 having performed a recreation extra.
“It is apparent to see they’d extra of the ball however to concede a scruffy own goal like that having defended brilliantly, it feels extra like a loss,” Butland instructed Sky Sports.
“The probabilities have been few and much between for me and to have an evening like that is rewarding and jogs my memory what I’m able to.”
BAD BLOOD
There has been dangerous blood between these two sides prior to now, however Palace couldn’t get shut sufficient to Brighton within the first half to make a contest of it.
Butland was on the centre of all the things on his third Premier League begin of the season, pulling off a unbelievable save to disclaim Leandro Trossard early on.
Then as Brighton pressed they received the possibility to interrupt the impasse from the spot as VAR intervened to point out a foul by Will Hughes within the space, a lot to Palace’s frustration.
Butland, nonetheless, was to not be crushed as he simply blocked Gross’ tame penalty.
It remained one-way site visitors instantly after the break as Jakub Moder swept a strike agaisnt the crossbar earlier than Palace lastly had a shot heading in the right direction, with Odsonne Edouard denied by a superb Robert Sanchez cease within the residence goal.
It simply wouldn’t go in for Brighton, who have been made to pay for his or her profligacy with Gallagher reacting sharply within the penalty space to fireplace his seventh league goal of the season.
The opener didn’t flip the tide in Palace’s favour, nonetheless, as Brighton remained on prime, with the stress lastly telling as Anderson, making an attempt to chop out Maupay’s cross, might solely squeeze the ball previous the despairing dive of Butland.
Had Welbeck’s late header gone in it will have been not more than Brighton deserved, given they’d 19 pictures to Palace’s three, however they nonetheless stretched their unbeaten league run to 4 with the draw.
“It exhibits the mentality all through the group,” Maupay instructed Sky Sports. “We by no means hand over and imagine in one another.
“There will likely be instances after we cannot come again however this season thus far there have been a couple of instances we’ve got.”
(Reporting by Peter Hall; Editing by Ken Ferris)
