London (AFP)
Despite a point snatched in extra time by his French Neal Maupay, against the Crystal Palace of Patrick Vieira (1-1), Brighton missed an unexpected chance to take the lead of the Premier League on Monday at the end of the 6th day .
Defeats for Chelsea and Manchester United, as well as the draw for Liverpool would have given the Seagulls first place if they succeed at Selhurst Park by a point ahead of the Reds.
But Graham Potter's men remain sixth, wedged in a group of 5 teams that follow leaders Liverpool to one point, while the Eagles are 15th with 6 points in as many matches.
As in the victory against Tottenham, we could measure the tactical revolution driven by Vieira who took over from veteran Roy Hodgson this summer.
His Crystal Palace is much more offensive and does not hesitate to play, where he relied almost everything on the counter-attacks in previous seasons.
Faced with a Brighton team never stingy in attacking efforts, it gave a very open and lively game, even if the chances were not very numerous.
Crystal Palace can blame themselves for missing out on their second success of the season, after opening the scoring thanks to a run from Conor Gallagher, the young attacking midfielder on loan from Chelsea, who transplanted into the box before being unbalanced by Leandro Trossard.
Wilfried Zaha transformed the penalty by taking Robert Sanchez on the wrong foot for his 400th game in the Londoners jersey (1-0, 45th + 1).
12 minutes from the end of regulation time, André Ayew, ideally served by Christian Benteke, narrowly missed the 2-0.
A failure that cost them dearly, since in the 5th minute of added time, a six meters pushed back by the Brighton defense turned into an opening in the back of the defense for Maupay who lobbed with a lot of cold blood and skill Vicente Guaita (1-1, 90 + 5).
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