Brighton's New Manager Fabian Hurzeler Leads Seagulls to Victory Over Everton

Fabian Hurzeler had a fantastic start to his tenure as Brighton & Hove Albion head coach with a commanding 3-0 victory over Everton.

The visitors led at half-time after a well-worked move involving summer signing Yankuba Minteh, whose inviting cross was tucked home at the back post by an unmarked Kaoru Mitoma midway through the first half.

In the second period VAR Darren England asked referee Simon Hooper to go over to the pitchside monitor to reconsider his decision to award Everton a penalty after a foul by Lewis Dunk on Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

However, the on-field official agreed there had been minimal contact and reversed his original call and soon, the visitors doubled their lead after Idrissa Gueye gave the ball straight Mats Wieffer, who then found Danny Welbeck.

However, the forward still had a lot of work to do to find the back of the net with a clever disguised finish from the edge of the box and when Ashley Young then hauled down Mitoma after mis-controlling a long ball, the 39-year-old became the oldest player ever to be sent off in the Premier League.

It could have actually been worse for the hosts in the final quarter as first substitute Simon Adingra added a third late on, before fellow sub Yasin Ayari thought he had made it 4-0 in stoppage time, only for a tight VAR offside call to end his joy.

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