Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Danny Welbeck's first-half goal against the run of play gave Brighton & Hove Albion a 1-0 win at Newcastle United, with the home side's lack of sharpness in front of goal extending their winless streak to four Premier League games.
With striker Alexander Isak back after a period out with a toe injury, Newcastle dominated the opening exchanges but struggled to convert their plentiful possession into shots on target, and Welbeck showed them how it should be done in the 35th minute, muscling into the box to slip the ball past Nick Pope and give Brighton the lead.
Newcastle's accuracy improved in the second half but the shots they managed on target lacked power and precision, while Brighton looked dangerous every time they crossed the halfway line.
Dan Burn finally got the ball into the Brighton net in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time but he was well offside and the goal was chalked off as the Seagulls hung on for a win that moves them up to fifth in the table on 15 points, while Newcastle remain eighth on 12.
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BIG CHANCE! Gordon misses another opportunity to equalise! It was a chance that was similar to Isak’s minutes ago. Gordon couldn’t set himself for the shot and he ends up firing a weak effort at Verbruggen.
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Amazingly, Brighton are now attacking more than Newcastle. The end of this game is going to be extremely interesting.
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Isak is now beginning to look frustrated. He just had the easiest of touches after a pass from Willock, but he ends up sending the ball a couple of feet in front of him and looks up in despair.
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ANOTHER CHANCE! Isak fails to finish again! He brought the ball down excellently from a high pass; he takes a touch to move wide and fires towards Verbruggen, who stands strong again.
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Tonali also makes way in a midfield change. Willock comes on to offer a fresh set of legs in the area of the pitch that Newcastle are dominating.
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Newcastle just cannot find the killer instinct in this game. They just had three shots in quick succession, but none of them had the finish that was required to beat Verbruggen!
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