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Maxim De Cuyper and Jaouen Hadjam were both on the scoresheet as 10-man Brighton clinched a 2-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
The game suddenly sparked into life with a chaotic four-minute period early in the second half which saw De Cuyper put the Seagulls ahead before they were reduced to 10 in the 57th minute when Pascal Struijk was sent off following a VAR review for denying a goalscoring opportunity.
Sunderland struggled to take advantage of their extra man and were punished by a Brighton break, finished by Hadjam in the third minute of stoppage time.
A hard-earned three points keeps the Seagulls in the top four, while the Black Cats now linger just above the relegation zone.
Regis Le Bris made three switches to the team beaten 5-3 by Manchester City before the international break as Trai Hume, Reinildo Mandava and Wilson Isidor all lined up, while Brighton remained unchanged from their last outing, a 3-0 win over Arsenal.
Robin Roefs was called into action early on when a loose touch from Kevin Danso allowed Diego Gomez to pounce on the ball and charge forward, but his shot was smothered by the Sunderland goalkeeper.
He made another intervention to tip away an inswinging corner from De Cuyper and Yasin Ayari blasted wide from outside the area as Brighton strengthened their grip.
Despite some positive play from the Seagulls, Sunderland nearly went in front when Isidor met a low cross from Enzo Le Fee and the striker’s sliding effort at the near post was deflected behind.
A scrappy period saw the hosts almost strike when a good piece of control from Thomas Meunier saw his resulting shot brilliantly stopped by the sliding Ferdi Kadioglu.
Danso hooked away Ayari’s teasing ball into the six-yard box before an injury saw Meunier withdrawn for Malick Fofana in the 34th minute.
Fofana was instantly in the thick of the action and crossed to Danso, who looped a header over the bar before Bart Verbruggen was forced to stop Nordi Mukiele’s long-range strike as the Black Cats ramped up the pressure.
However, Brighton continued to threaten and Struijk’s tame header hit the post on the stroke of half-time.
Roefs brought down Gomez’s strike from distance shortly after the restart and Brighton soon broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute. A quick piece of play saw Pascal Gross squeeze a pass through the home defence and into De Cuyper, who placed the ball into the bottom corner.
However, Brighton’s afternoon took a twist four minutes later when following a VAR review, referee Tom Bramall showed a red card to Struijk for denial of a goalscoring opportunity after the defender fouled Isidor.
Verbruggen pushed away the resulting free-kick from Granit Xhaka and Fabian Hurzeler brought Lewis Dunk on to help manage proceedings.
Sunderland struggled to capitalise on their extra player as Fofana had a comfortable shot held by Verbruggen and Brighton looked to threaten when Gomez had a shot turned behind.
The Black Cats dominated in possession but could not test Verbruggen and a late break from the visitors saw Hadjam find the bottom corner to wrap up three points.
