Date published: Saturday 1st May 2021 4:50 - Steve Pearson
Brighton took a giant step towards Premier League safety with a dominant 2-0 victory over a surprisingly underwhelming Leeds.
Brighton produced the first effort in anger after the dancing feet of Leandro Trossard teased the
Leeds backline. The Belgian crafted a yard of space within the box, but couldn’t find the power or accuracy required to trouble Illan Meslier.
The Seagulls still had a point to prove with Premier League safety still not secured, and were handed a timely boost when Ezgjan Alioski felled Danny Welbeck at the expense of e penalty.
Chelsea 0-0 Brighton: Bore draw for the Blues amidst European Super League drama
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Apr 20, 2021
Chelsea and Brighton played out a dismal 0-0 draw in the Premier League on a Tuesday night that will go down in football history.
In a game that threatened to pale into insignificance due to events off the pitch at Stamford Bridge, it was the total non-event that happened on it that made sure of that.
The closest either side came to breaking the deadlock actually came in the dying embers of the game, with Danny Welbeck thundering an attempt off the upright for the away side in the 79th minute.
2021/04/21 05:28 Chelsea s Christian Pulisic reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge Stad. Chelsea s Christian Pulisic reacts during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool) Referee Stuart Attwell, left, shows a yellow card to Brighton s Ben White, center, during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and . Referee Stuart Attwell, left, shows a yellow card to Brighton s Ben White, center, during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge Stadium in London, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Mike Hewitt/Pool via AP)
What s been said? Sometimes we ve been criticised for starting slow and having to come back from being 1-0 down, the Norwegian manager told
Sky Sports ahead of his team s home fixture against Burnley this weekend. But at times there is a reason behind those stats, because we played on a Thursday night. Hopefully we fly out of the traps on Sunday, but sometimes it doesn t work that way.
Solskjaer added on the importance of detailed analysis behind the scenes after United s progression to the Europa League semi-finals: We can obviously rotate players to have freshness of legs. But we have to look into every single little detail that can improve performances.
Published on: Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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West Bromwich Albion’s Matt Phillips (centre) scores their second goal past Southampton’s goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
LONDON: West Bromwich Albion improved their slender hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League as they survived VAR controversy to beat Southampton 3-0, while Everton’s fading top four bid was damaged by a 0-0 draw at Brighton on Monday.
Albion saw Mbaye Diagne’s goal questionably ruled out by VAR early in the first half at the Hawthorns.
But Sam Allardyce’s side recovered from that blow to sweep into a two-goal lead by half-time thanks to Matheus Pereira’s penalty and a Matt Phillips strike.