There were times last week when it felt like the only logical explanation for Brighton’s wastefulness was that the players had decided they might as well get in on the joke. Their reputation as the Premier League’s most profligate team had long been secured, their goalscoring issues apparent to even the most casual onlookers, and yet still they found a way to make the problem even worse.
To miss one penalty in a crucial match against West Bromwich Albion would be typical of Brighton’s season. To miss a penalty and then an open goal was a little excessive, even for them. To then miss a second penalty, to go with everything that had gone before, was almost beyond belief.
And that is before we come to their previous game, at home to Crystal Palace. On that occasion they took 25 shots to Palace’s three, and still lost to a team that took just two touches in the Brighton penalty box. “The story of our season,” said midfielder Pascal Gross.
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To miss one penalty in a crucial match against West Bromwich Albion would be typical of Brighton’s season. To miss a penalty and then an open goal was a little excessive, even for them. To then miss a second penalty, to go with everything that had gone before, was almost beyond belief.
And that is before we come to their previous game, at home to Crystal Palace. On that occasion they took 25 shots to Palace’s three, and still lost to a team that took just two touches in the Brighton penalty box. “The story of our season,” said midfielder Pascal Gross.
Full article >>> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/03/05/cant-brighton-score-stats-saythey-should-have-netted-40-goals/
(Bozza note: Please do NOT copy and paste whole articles from other sites onto NSC, either in text or image form. It's not fair on those who fund the journalism that produces these articles and it also risks expensive copyright litigation against NSC.
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