Terriers ‘failed by technology’
Brighton rock poor Foxes as Rodgers feels the heat
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This time it made the right decision, albeit after almost five minutes of deliberation.
Alexis Mac Allister had scored a Puskas Award-worthy piledriver after the ball had come loose from a free kick.
But Chris Kavanagh’s forensics back at Stockley Park spotted Danny Welbeck in an offside position.
KELECHI Iheanacho has been directly involved in 20 goals (15 goals, 5 assists) in his last 25 Premier League starts.
Rage
“F*** VAR” was the Brighton fans’ response; the players’ was to swarm the Foxes and rage against the machine.
Trossard and Gross were the main architects of outstanding midfield play and it was no surprise when the former slid the latter through with the outside of his foot to reclaim the lead.
Ward denied March and Gross with saves but the game was put out of reach in the 71st minute.
Trossard produced an outrageous piece of skill to skip pass Ndidi, who tripped him for a stonewall penalty.
Mac Allister stroked down the middle before finally getting a worldie with the last kick of the game – this time a Beckham-esque free kick as Brighton purred to a fourth win out of six.
Rodgers was emotionless after the fifth went in, he has seen his team conceded 16 times this season now — only Bournemouth have shipped more.
Perhaps he needs to beware of the Ides of Solly March.
Sanchez .......................................... 6 Veltman .......................................... 6 Webster .......................................... 6 Dunk ............................................... 6 March ............................................. 8 Mac Allister BOOKED ....................... 7 Caicedo .......................................... 8 Gross .............................................. 8 Trossard ......................................... 8 Welbeck .......................................... 6 Mwepu ............................................. 7
Undav (Mwepu 84) Estupinan (Trossard 89) Gilmour (Caicedo 90) Lamptey (March 90)
Ward ............................................... 5 Justin ............................................. 5 Evans .............................................. 6 Ndidi ............................................... 4 Thomas BOOKED ............................ 4 Soumare ......................................... 5 Tielemans ....................................... 6 Maddison ........................................ 5 Iheanacho ....................................... 7 Daka ................................................ 7 Barnes ............................................ 5
BRIGHTON are unbeaten across their last seven home league matches (W4 D3), their longest home unbeaten run in the top-flight since August-November 1982, another run of seven games.
Sep 10 Bournemouth (away) .... PL Sep 17 Crystal Palace (home) ..PL Oct 1 Liverpool (away) ........... PL
Sep 10 Sep 17 Oct 3
Aston Villa (home) ........ PL Tottenham (away) ......... PL Nottm Forest (home) .... PL
HUDDERSFIELD boss Danny Schofield was left fuming by an apparent goalline technology failure which cost his side a precious point.
Yuta Nakayama ran off in celebration after appearing to prod the ball over the line for the equaliser after keeper Danny Grimshaw’s initial block from his header.
Check
But after a check of his “wristwatch”, linked to the technology in use at Championship grounds, referee John Busby waved for play to continue, to the astonishment of the Terriers players.
Schofield (above) said he was sure the ball had crossed the line: “It’s