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  1. Brentford 4-2 Brighton - the fans' verdictpublished at 11:27 21 April

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    Kaoru MitomaImage source, Getty Images

    We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Brentford and Brighton.

    Here are some of your comments:

    Brentford fans

    Jane: Great to see Bryan Mbeumo at his scintillating best. Although you can never say he has a poor performance, here he showed the class he is capable of. And the partnership with Yoane Wissa is just a joy to watch. Brentford fans are living the dream still.

    Alastair: First, I hope both Konak and Van Hecke are both okay after their nasty clash of heads. Not often you can say Wissa missed a great chance but we should have been ahead very early. However, he certainly put things right with another sparkling showing alongside the maestro Mbeumo. Damsgaard and Norgaard ran our midfield throughout. Only concerns were our habit of switching off towards the end of first halves and our fears that Kayode may pick up a lot of cards. Although, he is a great talent going forward, he seemed a bit reckless in defence at times. Picking up a yellow card in that fashion was stupid. Overall very happy.

    Coral: What an enthralling match that had us on the edge of our seats! Great to get quick goals to start both halves and finally we are getting players back from injury. What a partnership Mbeumo and Wissa are - 34 Premier League goals between them and more to come.

    Brighton fans

    Sarah: It's interesting that Fabian Hurzeler said he thinks we controlled the game - I wonder which game he was watching?! We had players out of position and it cost us the match. Although we have a lot of great players, the formation and strategy clearly isn't working. This needs sorting now!

    David: Once again too ponderous on the ball, backward and sideways passes do not score goals. Our best part of the game was when we were down to 10 men. Beaten yet again by breakaway forwards who are faster than our defence.

    Malcolm: Another inept defensive performance. Dunk is well past his best and his reappearance has coincided with our bad run. Joao Pedro looks like he doesn't care about the team, only himself, so the sooner we sell him the better. Team selection is down to the manager and there have been too many naive mistakes, so it is time to get someone in with experience if we want European football again. A very disappointing end to a season that promised so much. Time for change.

  2. 'I think we controlled the game'published at 18:59 19 April

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    Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, speaking to Premier League Productions: "I think we controlled the game. Played a good first half then we make too many mistakes. It goes back to 3-1 out of nowhere and we receive a red card. We show character and nearly make 3-3 but in the end not good enough."

    On Jan Paul van Hecke: "Not a great feeling so we just wish him all the best and hopefully he's back on the pitch soon."

    On the second half: "That was a bad start. We needed five or ten minutes to adapt and that can't happen."

    On the defeat: "I have to analyse it then we will find solutions for it.

    "When you saw the reaction in the first half that was good. It's not about confidence. When you win everything is easy. But in these moments we have to stick together."

    On fan criticism: "Yeah, in the end we have to make the decisions that brings us the success. I tried to put some fast players like Kaoru Mitoma and Solly March, more midfielders on the pitch to control the game. In the end we didn't get the credit for the courage we showed.

    "In the end it doesn't help when you lose a man but he said sorry to the team and he will learn from this."

  3. Brentford 4-2 Brighton: Did you know?published at 17:40 19 April

    Danny Welbeck celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    Danny Welbeck scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season for Brighton and Hove Albion, his joint-best return in a campaign in the competition, along with 2011-12 and 2013-14.

  4. Follow Saturday's Premier League games livepublished at 13:45 19 April

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    Five matches make up Saturday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.

    • Brentford v Brighton

    • Crystal Palace v Bournemouth

    • Everton v Manchester City

    • West Ham v Southampton

    • Aston Villa v Newcastle (17:30 BST)

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