Brighton 2-1 Fulham: Seagulls has put pressure on the first five of the Champions League while Joao Pedro marks a penalty of 98th minute to ensure the end of the victory

Brighton had never broken Fulham in the Premier League before, yet another record broken by this wonderful club in recent years, the penalty of the 98th minute of Joao Pedro seal this last piece of history.

It was not the prettiest of the victories sometimes, and Fulham will return to the west of London, of course, injured not to have taken up at least one point, but for this young and vibrant side of Brighton, that had not at all.

The first half in particular was without rhythm or mastery. The 10th goal of the Raul Jimenez League of the season broke the dead end, but Jan Paul Van Hecke led the level of Seagulls in a frantic final in the first half.

Brighton pushed and pushed throughout a second half disjointed, apparently intended to land the killer stroke in this European race, until they obtain the reward for their efforts. With a few seconds on the clock, Sam Barrott whistled for a penalty, leaving Pedro, the coolest and calmest man in Sussex, for Dash Fulham in style. Pandemonium cue. Devastation.

With just one point between them in the board, and everything to play in the race for European football, it was as if these two were too well matched.

For 35 minutes, Brighton and Fulham exchanged soft-soufflia. Despite brilliant performances by Yankuba Minteh, Emile Smith Rowe and Yasin Ayari, there was not much to put pulse races before, on almost nothing, Alex Iwobi and Jimenez combined for a beautiful goal in his simplicity and his execution.

By picking up the ball inside its own, Iwobi sprinted to the right before crossing the rear stick so that Jimenez by passing and shoots between Bart Verbruggen and the post close to the half-volley, falling into the process.

The advance, however, lasted only six minutes, and it was another goal so simple, this time that Van Hecke ghost in the box did not score to return home to Yasin Ayari in the post and to equalize the tie.

Brighton did not have much time to capitalize on the change of momentum at the end of the first half, but they compensated at the start of the second.

In four minutes, they almost took the lead, Pedro and Rutter combining for a goal of the competitor of the season, swerved in the upper right corner in the upper right corner and not largely widely.

Brighton was hitting more and more on the door; This time, Kaoru Mitoma found the bottom of the night, but was refused by the out-of-game flag. Fulham needed to wake up quickly, before an energetic brighton left them behind.

Fulham answered the call even if it took them 15 minutes to collect a sustained period of possession.

Timothy Castagne pushed above the field beyond Iwobi, and wreaks havoc on overlapping, but Brighton’s effervescent fronts kept them honest.

The two parties fought for the control of a game that became scrappier per minute. With an absence of chances of clear cut, Iwobi may think that it could have done more with a free shot on the edge of the box on 79 minutes. As it stands, he drew straight on Van Hecke.

Brighton approached an almost immunity punishment four minutes later, but with the purpose of his mercy, Danny Welbeck sort of headed for the completely without opposition of six meters.

Again, Fulham was spared by the out of game flag, this time Simone Adingra, a few seconds of the bench, on 87 minutes, and you just felt that Brighton was intended to catch the winner.

The seconds checked, in the 89th minute, and the hosts have always supported. A Van Hecke Drive of Range was in tatters and did not get closer to Leno’s goal, but ultimately, the decisive touch fell on the only man that Brighton fans would have wanted.

A clumsy challenge by Harrison Reed brought Pedro, and after a long wait, the Brazilian put himself in the place and sealed the three points, rightly, for the Seagulls, who sink more from their European dream.