Brighton tried to dream of Europe

A Brighton more firmly at the top of the table, beat 4-0 match Westham and won their second match in the last five days to keep alive the dream of reaching the European positions, which are three points away. Alexis McAllister, Joel Veltmann, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck they were the scorers for a Brighton team who dominated from start to finish and recorded their biggest win of the season in Premier.

The first goal came after 18 minutes when a penalty was awarded to Brighton after a knockdown by Jarrod Bowen to Mitoma in the West Ham penalty area. Mac Allister sent the penalty into the back of the net to score his first Premier League goal since winning the World Cup with Argentina.

West Ham, who showed little attacking intent to the coach’s irritation david moyesforced a double save from the Brighton goalkeeper, Jason Steele, in his only appearance in the first half. Steele, making his league debut this season, blocked two shots from Bowen and Tomas Soucek.

But for the rest of the contest Brighton were comfortable on the scoreboard. The second goal came from a corner when Mac Allister crossed for a Veltmann unmarked at the far post to use his chest and direct the ball towards the goal.

To add to the visitors, a slip by Mitoma at the far post finished off a pass from Pascal Gross in the 69th minute, at the end of another quick attack by Brighton. alternative Julio Enciso could have added a fourth goal, but his shot was deflected into the woodwork by the West Ham goalkeeper, Alphonse Areola. in the end it is Welbeck who made it 4-0 with a shot from inside the area.

All this was achieved without the Brighton manager, Robert of Zerbisuspended on the touchline for a match for FA after being shown a red card in his team’s home defeat to fulham last month. This achievement raises the Brighton until 8th position, three points from the European zone marked by Newcastle. He Westham it remains 16thtwo points above the relegation zone.