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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Brighton and West Ham United at Amex Stadium.

Here are some of your replies:

Brighton fans

David: Astonishing effort from the whole squad. We were so determined to win the game, so good!

Oscar: What an ending! Yasin Ayari - where do I start? He bossed the midfield and scored a goal to fit his perfect performance. Kaoru Mitoma was an amazing super-sub, using his pace down the wing. Carlos Baleba was in a different position to where he usually plays, but he played it really well. The whole team played amazing to comeback from 1-2 to win 3-2. Just amazing!

Tom: An absolutely incredible end to the game. A rollercoaster of emotions; however we cannot rely on late equalisers and winners. We need to build on this result and try to get maximum points. If West Ham hadn't switched off towards the end of the game, we would have gone away with no points. Fabian Hurzeler is a lucky man!

Noddy: No goalkeeper in the world would have been able to save those two goals.

Chris: A decent 'paper-over-the-cracks' performance at last, but that still can't win over a disappointing season. European football is only a very slim chance given Fulham and Bournemouth are still collecting points, our on and off form and unpredictable player performances. It really has been a wasted run-in so far. A change is needed at the top for next season.

West Ham fans

Steve: A better performance - very encouraging. We have nothing to play for, admittedly. It's about building for next year now. I think Potter should be given time, I'm starting to see us on the front foot. We move on.

Justin: Poor, lacklustre, abysmal! Take your pick. Potter has shown no tactical ability in his starting line-ups or substitutions. The team has shown no signs of improvement under him. I wasn't enamoured by his appointment. To only avoid a relegation battle because the three teams below us are so dire just isn't good enough for a man who was at one time going to be England's new manager.

Anthony: We were doing well and then we brought on Vladimir Coufal and he immediately helped Brighton score. It was a poor decision from Potter. They are playing well under him, and gradually improving, but they are either missing scoring opportunities or giving goals away by poor defending. Plenty of work to be done this summer.

Rod: Shocking, embarrassing, limp, laughable, clueless and unprofessional. Did I miss anything?

Peter: No amount of feeble excuses from Potter will disguise the fact that he has failed to fulfil his mandate.

Chris Wise
Final Score reporter at Amex Stadium

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An auxiliary centre-half scoring a screamer to win the match with the last kick of the game? Sounds like the stuff of fantasy.

Perhaps that is why the reaction to Brighton's Carlos Baleba's sublime goal against West Ham was met with almost disbelieving scenes of chaos at Amex Stadium.

But to nab a well-used sporting phrase - 'he's got that in his locker'.

Baleba's attributes are well spread - physically imposing, athletic, comfortable with the ball, and clearly a scorer of very decent goals.

It will be interesting to see if Brighton persist with Baleba as a centre-half. Speaking to several people around the club at the weekend, the general consensus was that he would make an excellent defender. Mind you, he might need some convincing if the club do think that is a plausible route.

Fabian Hurzeler will hope that moment revitalises their season, because the headlines could have been very different at the weekend.

They have still got Newcastle and Liverpool to come at home, so there was a real sense that they needed this win.

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Brighton goalscorer Yasin Ayari has been speaking to BBC Radio Sussex following the important home win: "I had goose-bumps, it was an amazing feeling seeing the ball go into the net and celebrating with the fans at the end. It was an amazing feeling.

"I think we deserved the three points but it wasn't our best game to be fair. We can play much better. I think we dropped our intensity when I scored my first goal and they then came into the game and started to create some chances.

"In the end, I think we showed a good winning mentality. We didn't stop believing today.

"The winning mentality we have in this team, amongst this group of lads, is unbelievable. I'm grateful to have them as teammates. Everyone is training hard and staying humble, and for sure it paid off."

On scoring his first goal for the club: "I'm so happy about it. I can't describe it really, it's amazing."

On getting back into the starting XI: "I think I've been playing a lot. I think I'm deserving it. I show every time that I deserve to play, and today I scored my first goal so I'm happy."

Listen to the full interview here

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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to Sky Sports about his side grabbing the last-minute winner at Amex Stadium: "I didn't enjoy it because shortly before the end we were 2-2 and we wanted to win the game.

"But the moment when we scored, that was unbelievable. You saw the reaction from the players, the crowd, the staff and the fans. We really wanted to win so this was a special moment.

"You always have to believe and trust your ability - and that is what the guys did today. They had setbacks but they reacted in the right way. They stayed together, especially the way skipper Lewis [Dunk] led the team was impressive."

Joe Nelson
BBC Sport journalist

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Going into Saturday's game against West Ham, Brighton had not won in the Premier League since beating Fulham at the start of March.

Fabian Hurzeler's side have struggled with consistency this term, having gone unbeaten in their first nine.

These fluctuating performances mean the Seagulls have dropped out of Champions League and Europa League contention, but against West Ham they got back to winning ways.

After Yasin Ayari's early stunner was overturned by second-half efforts from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek, Hurzeler's team could have felt sorry for themselves and settled for another defeat but they didn't.

They piled on the pressure before Kaoru Mitoma's header and Carlos Baleba's fine strike took them from defeat to victory in a matter of three late minutes.

The jubilant celebrations at the Amex Stadium demonstrated that Brighton believe they still have plenty to play for this season.

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Only in 2022-23 (62) and 1981-82 (52) have Brighton earned more points in a top-flight season than their 51 points this term.

Six of Kaoru Mitoma's nine Premier League goals for Brighton this season have come in 2025, netting as a substitute in each of his past two appearances.

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Brighton captain Lewis Dunk has been speaking to Sky Sports following the win: "That was good fun. We started excellently but, once we went 1-0 up, we stopped playing and the intensity dropped.

"In the second half, they started better but we showed character to win the game.

"I'm just buzzing. We have shown great character after a tough run. It is massive to keep us in the race to where we want to go."

On Carlos Baleba's goal: "We have worked on tactics around needing a goal in the last minute, but that wasn't a tactic. But he put it in the top corner so the gaffer can't say anything."

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