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Hughton hails Murray impact [Sky Sports News]



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[h=3]By PA Sport[/h]Last Updated: 24/09/16 7:36pm


Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship match between Brighton and Barnsley.

Chris Hughton felt Glenn Murray produced his best performance of the season after the striker's two goals gave Brighton a comfortable 2-0 home win over Barnsley.
Murray, on a season-long loan from Bournemouth and in his second spell with the Seagulls, scored in each half to take his tally to five goals this term, all of which have been netted at the Amex Stadium.
Albion's third successive Sky Bet Championship win lifted them above Barnsley and Hughton was thrilled with Murray's display in front of a crowd of 26,018.
Hughton has no doubt that, given the service, Murray will score goals and said: "I think it was his best all-round performance in terms of his goals, his runs and his overall play.
"Glenn went through a few games when he wasn't at this level. That was when we were trying to bring in another player.
"At this stage, five goals is a very nice return and it's about maintaining that performance level.
"He won't do that game in, game out, but it was nice to see and I really enjoyed his performance."
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Andy Yiadom of Barnsley battles for the ball with Tomer Hemed and Anthony Knockaert of Brighton

As well as boasting three straight wins with three clean sheets, Brighton have not conceded in six of their nine league games.
Former Newcastle, Birmingham and Norwich manager Hughton added: "Overall there has been some really good moments. I hope there is more to come from us.
"It was more like it from us today. At 1-0 Barnsley still had a chance, but we had good control of the game and the only disappointment was that we could have made the score-line more convincing."
Barnsley head coach Paul Heckingbottom called on his side to get back to discovering their best form after going down to a second successive defeat.
The Tykes, beaten 2-1 at home by Reading last weekend, struggled to impose themselves at the Amex Stadium and Heckingbottom described their performance as "flat".
He said:" We knew that we would need to be at our very best but we are disappointed with our performance and it was flat.
"We were poor with the ball in the first half and needed more energy to pass but we didn't play with any intent.
"We need to get back to previous displays; we are realistic enough to know what we are up against."
Heckingbottom's side, who went into the game having scored six goals from corners and free-kicks, were left with a huge task when Murray headed his second from a Jiri Skalak free-kick three minutes after the interval.
Heckingbottom said: "We have scored goals with our set plays but the second goal took the game away from us.
"It was a good header from Murray but it made it a mountain to climb."
Barnsley now host Aston Villa on Tuesday and Heckingbottom added:" We will try and enjoy each game, if we get the result then great.
"I've seen Villa twice and certainly the draws they have had could have been turned into wins. They are going to be a real test for us."

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