The expulsion of Mason Holgate after a quarter of an hour for a wild challenge on Kaoru Mitoma paved the way for Brightonthat with one more man for 75 minutes scomfortably beat Sheffield United (0-5) to advance three positions and place themselves in seventh place in the Premier League.
The duel was marked by Holgate’s terrifying action. El central del Sheffield United He went to court to stop Mitom’s careeroh he ignored the ball to give a chilling kick to the Japanese player on his left knee. Luckily, Mitoma, who made way for Ansu Fati in the 76th minute, was able to continue playing.
The VAR notified Stuart Attwell and, after reviewing the images, the match referee did not hesitate to show a direct red card to the Sheffield player. The game is finished there. The bottom of the Premier League lost all its options due to the action of Holgate, who in a second destroyed all the possibilities of his team.
Even Gerard Deulofeu, who coincided with Holgate at Everton, reproached him for his terrifying tackle: “This boy has been a teammate of mine, but I see this and my heart breaks because I am experiencing it firsthand.”. We must begin to sanction this type of tackle in an exemplary and appropriate manner. “It is unacceptable.”
Roberto De Zerbi’s men, one of the candidates to replace Xavi at Barcelona, did not waste the gift and did not take five minutes to tip the balance. It was the Argentine Facu Buonanottewith a header coming off a corner, who was in charge of opening the scoring and to show that he is in great shape after scoring three goals in his last five games.
Danny Welbeck joined the party just four minutes later, in the 24th minute.scoring the 0-2 with a shot from inside the area given the passivity of the Sheffield defense. It was the finishing touch for a team that would still receive three more, all at the end of the duel, and that aggravated its crisis of results.
Jack Robinson, own goal,and Simon Adingra, with a double, closed the scoring in a comfortable 0-5 that served Brighton to take advantage of the failures of Tottenham, Newcastle and West Ham with whom they advanced positions until they were nine points behind the European places.
2024-02-18 17:37:19
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