Premier League: Brighton mauls Wolves; Crystal Palace leapfrogs Chelsea with win

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Published 29.04.2023
Premier League: Brighton mauls Wolves; Crystal Palace leapfrogs Chelsea with win

Brighton & Hove Albion crushed a woeful Wolverhampton Wanderers 6-0 within the Premier League on Saturday, with Deniz Undav, Pascal Gross and Danny Welbeck all scoring two every.

Four of the targets got here in a frenetic first half, with Undav opening the scoring within the sixth minute when he caught out his left foot to information Welbeck’s cheeky backheel previous Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa.

Gross doubled the house crew’s lead seven minutes later, sidefooting Julio Enciso’s cross into the roof of the web, and volleyed residence Brighton’s third within the twenty sixth minute from one other help by Enciso.

Welbeck killed off any hopes of a Wolves comeback when he outjumped Maximilian Kilman on the again submit to go residence Pervis Estupinan’s cross within the thirty ninth minute and scored once more three minutes after halftime from simply outdoors the field.

Brighton acquired its sixth within the 66th minute after Sa performed a poor ball to Matheus Nunes, who crumbled below stress from Undav, permitting the German to steal the ball and chip the keeper to seal Wolves’ heaviest defeat of the season.

The win stored Brighton in eighth place, permitting it to chop the deficit to seventh-placed Liverpool to a single level, whereas Wolves stayed thirteenth within the desk.

Crystal Palace holds on to beat West Ham in 4-3 thriller

Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire targets within the first half after which held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller on Saturday, lifting it additional away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.

Jordan Ayew, Wilfried Zaha and Jeffrey Schlupp netted for Roy Hodgson’s Eagles in a frenzied 15-minute stretch within the first half, and Eberechi Eze slotted a penalty previous Hammers keeper Lukasz Fabianski within the second.

Tomas Soucek, Michail Antonio and Nayef Aguerd scored for David Moyes’ males within the battle of London rivals.

Technical hassle on the turnstiles induced a 15-minute delay to kick-off however the end-to-end motion at a sun-drenched Selhurst Park was effectively definitely worth the wait with 5 targets within the first half alone.

The win meant Palace leap-frogged Chelsea into eleventh place within the desk on 40 factors after 34 video games – two greater than Chelsea has performed. West Ham dropped to fifteenth, 5 factors away from the drop zone with 5 video games remaining.