{"id":295048,"date":"2023-11-12T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295048"},"modified":"2023-11-12T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T16:40:01","slug":"brighton-gift-draw-to-sheffield-united-after-own-goal-and-red-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/brighton-gift-draw-to-sheffield-united-after-own-goal-and-red-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton gift draw to Sheffield United after own goal and red card"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adam Webster\u2019s own goal condemned Roberto De Zerbi to his worst league run with Brighton as Sheffield United escaped the bottom of the table with a 1-1 draw against 10-man Albion.<\/p>\n
Simon Adingra had put the Seagulls ahead with a brilliant solo run but Mahmoud Dahoud\u2019s red card saw momentum shift before Webster slid into his own goal.<\/p>\n
Brighton, who beat European giants Ajax on Thursday, are now winless in the Premier League in six matches, the longest boss De Zerbi has gone without a victory since arriving on the south coast last year.<\/p>\n
The Blades almost took an unlikely second-minute lead when Gustavo Hamer intercepted Jan Paul van Hecke\u2019s pass across his own box but his header travelled narrowly wide.<\/p>\n
Four minutes later, Dahoud\u2019s through ball released Ansu Fati who excitingly beat two defenders but his shot lacked power and was easily stopped by Wes Foderingham.<\/p>\n
The warning was not heeded as two minutes later Adingra picked up the ball 35 yards from goal on the left touchline. He shrugged off two tackles and played a one-two with Facundo Buonanotte before slotting past Foderingham.<\/p>\n
It was the Ivorian\u2019s fourth goal of the season and the 28th straight league game the Seagulls have scored \u2013 the Blades winless in the last 20 Premier League matches they had shipped first.<\/p>\n
Brighton manager De Zerbi, who had given a call to action to supporters before the match, celebrated by jumping into the crowd in delight.<\/p>\n
Fati \u2013 making his first league start since arriving on loan from Barcelona \u2013 again found a gap down the middle to expose but his toe-poke was simple for Foderingham to deal with, before Buonanotte and Billy Gilmour went close.<\/p>\n
United showed a threat at the end of the first half but George Baldock\u2019s lashed shot was the closest they came to scoring.<\/p>\n
Joao Pedro shot over almost immediately after coming on at the break, Van Hecke nodded a corner into the ground and over, Kaoru Mitoma\u2019s raid to the byline saw his near-post shot blocked and Dahoud\u2019s effort from range was battered behind.<\/p>\n
But in the 69th minute, the character of the game changed when Dahoud was dismissed for stamping on Ben Osborn\u2019s Achilles. Referee John Brooks has now given four red cards this season, more than any of his colleague \u2013 not that there was any controversy with this decision.<\/p>\n
Four minutes later and United were level. Jayden Bogle smashed a ball across the face of goal and Webster put through his own goal, with Cameron Archer waiting behind for a tap-in.<\/p>\n
All of Brighton\u2019s last 16 matches have seen both teams scoring \u2013 equalling Everton\u2019s Premier League record \u2013 with the 12 since the start of the campaign last achieved in the top flight by Liverpool in the 1966-67 season.<\/p>\n
Bogle dragged an effort narrowly wide and Luke Thomas blazed over but the Blades could not find a second late winner in a row to follow their stoppage-time success against Wolves.<\/p>\n
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