Post Match report for the Leicester game - Sunday, 8th December 2024
PREMIER LEAGUE 24/25: Leicester V Brighton - 8/12/24 P15
* * * * * YET MORE FLAWS EXPOSED * * * * *
RESULT: 2-2 ~ Lamptey . (h-t 0-1)
VENUE: King Power, Leicester - eighth away match of 15 fixtures to date . Sun 2:00pm.
BEFORE KICKOFF: it was Sunday lunchtime as Brighton fans travelled up to and assembled in this midlands city stadium.
That top-four media-hyped bubble had burst in failing fashion over the past week and Brighton fans held something like a resigned attitude to Prem ups & downs from an ongoing campaign.
WEATHER: rain . GATE: tba . KIT: yellow . ATMOSPHERE: disappointing as time ran out
FABIAN HURZELER had not taken time to dwell on what went before and philosophically was geared towards the here & now.
FH took advice from medical & analytical staff to produce a pragmatic team-sheet from a revised match-day squad.
INJURED: 24 Kadioglu 34 Veltman 41 Hinshelwood
SQUAD: 4 Webster 6 Milner 7 March 10 Enciso
STARTING SHAPE: 4-2-3-1
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Verbruggen
. 2 Lamptey 29 van Hecke 5 Dunk 30 Estupinan
. 14 Rutter 20 Baleba 26 Ayari 22 Mitoma
. . . . . 9 Pedro . . . 28 Ferguson
SUBS: 27 Wieffer (46), 17 Minteh (71), 18 Welbeck (71), 33 ORiley (71), 3 Julio (89)
BENCH: 23 Steele (gk) 8 Gruda 11 Adingra 15 Moder
GOALS:
0-1 - 37 . LAMPTEY scores a rare goal with a curling shot to the far top corner after a pass from Estupinan
0-2 - 79 . MINTEH finishes a forward move using pace & skill to hold off the defender
1-2 - 86 . hosts score a late goal while yellow-shirts game management is questionable.
2-2 - 91 . hosts level in stoppage time as the defence crumbles again.
YELLOWS: Baleba 41, Wieffer 74
CHANGES: 46 Wieffer for Baleba .
71 Minteh, Welbeck & ORiley for Pedro, Ferguson & Ayari . 89 Julio for Mitoma
FIRST HALF: visitors piled on pressure and racked up several attempts.
Then Seagulls led approaching the interval.
SECOND HALF: travellers plugged away and had contained hosts forays well past the hour mark.
Late in normal time the away side doubles the lead.
At the death hosts score twice amid defensive mistakes.
IN THE END: Albion collapse in final moments and the very late change of shape fails alarmingly.
NUMBERS: poss 55%-45%, on target 3-7, off target 7-9, corners 5-5,
fouls 9-10, yellows 1-2, subs 5-5, shape . . . . . gd3 pt24 po7
FS
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