Fabian Hürzeler refuses to discuss potential European qualification for this Brighton side, but the prospect is looking increasingly likely after winning three successive Premier League matches for the first time since 2023. In a thrillingly congested top-half scrap, Brighton are now up to eighth, just one point off a fifth place that will almost certainly provide Champions League football next season.
Befitting a contest between two sides that now sit on identical points tallies, this was an entertaining tussle with little to split them. If Bournemouth edged possession and perhaps enjoyed the best of the action in the middle of the park, it was Brighton who made their chances count.
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