Brentford recorded their first home Premier League win since December with a 4-2 win over Brighton, who had Joao Pedro sent off and also had Jan Paul van Hecke stretchered off with a head injury.
Bryan Mbeumo was the man at the heart of the victory for the Bees, scoring two and setting up Yoane Wissa for another.
It was a sparkling performance from the winger, who now has 18 Premier League goals this season.
Brentford looked to be cruising to victory at 3-1 up when Joao Pedro was shown a straight red card for violent conduct after an altercation with Nathan Collins, but Brighton made it a tricky final quarter when Kaoru Mitoma got the game back to 3-2.
However, the home side wrapped up the points in stoppage time when Christian Norgaard found the net.
The game ended on a sour note when Brighton defender Van Hecke had to receive eight minutes of medical treatment and was stretchered off requiring oxygen after a clash of heads.
The result all-but ends Brighton’s chances of qualifying for Europe this season and pressure is growing on their head coach Fabian Hurzeler, as they are now five without a win in the Premier League. During the second half the away fans chanted ‘you don’t know what you’re doing’ towards Hurzeler after a substitution.
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