Brighton definitely aren't thriving in Europe this season. Lewis Dunk passes to Jan Paul van Hecke, who loses the ball and Marseille come away with it again.

This is being played entirely on West Ham's terms. They are dictating the pace, moving Freiburg about, looking for the chance to pounce.

Jarrod Bowen almost brings a long ball forward down, but it just evades him and Freiburg are able to bring it clear.

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Marseille captain Valentin Rongier has a crack from 25 yards but his shot is blocked.

Freiburg are at least starting to compete a bit now. They're still second best by a long way, though.

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Brighton have now conceded the most goals of any Premier League side in all competitions this season (20).

Anyway back to the football. Can Brighton find a way back into this game? They are probing and Danny Welbeck lashes over from 20 yards.

This is a bit more promising from Freiburg as Lucas Holer drives forward, but he can't make anything of it as West Ham rally and clear.

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It did look as thought the referee was pointing for a penalty. He fooled a lot of people.

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VAR decision: no penalty

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Decision overturned: penalty awarded

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VAR review

The referee is reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.

Well, this is about as bad a near 30 minutes as you can imagine from Freiburg. They've offered nothing. Their latest act is to send a throw in straight to West Ham.

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Right, what's happened here is it was deemed a handball. The referee did the whole VAR gesture and pointed to the spot. But it was decided there was a foul before then. So the penalty wasn't given.

The Freiburg fans might not be enjoying this right now, but they're standing with West Ham over the punishment handed out to their fans by Uefa.

There are banners around the ground declaring "football without fans is nothing" and "abolish collective punishments!".

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Wait a minute! It's not a penalty.

Gennaro Gattuso is furious. Brighton fans are baffled. Because the last attack was Marseille's I'm not sure if people in the ground thought it was their potential penalty.

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It's given!

But it's a potential penalty to Brighton. The ball hit an arm at the other end before this Marseille attack. The referee goes to the screen.

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Marseille 2-0 Brighton

Wait, they're checking for a penalty here.

Brighton on the ropes right now as Mahmoud Dahoud hacks a loose ball behind for another Marseille corner.

Now Lucas Paqueta is caught late to send him down. The home players just aren't quick enough at the moment. West Ham well on top.

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With Brighton playing in such a risky way, when they do lose the ball, they've committed so many players forward.

The recovery wasn't as good as it could have been. Goalkeeper may be disappointed.