Brighton player ratings as Yankuba Minteh shines again

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This is how they fared as individuals.

Bart Verbruggen 7/10

Made an outstanding save from Simons low to his left and had a decent game marred by a couple of unusual goals he could do little about.

Joel Veltman 7/10

Quite enjoyed his tussles with Richarlison and continues to give good, professional backbone but he could not always seal off his touchline.

Jan Paul van Hecke 7/10

Unfortunate or at fault when the ball hit him for the equaliser? Either way, he produced some excellent and important interventions in his own box apart from that over 90 tough minutes.

Lewis Dunk 7/10

Like his partner in defence, came up with some strong and important challenges and clearances as balls were driven across goal.

Ferdi Kadioglu 7/10

Battled away with infectious enthusiasm and looked to get forward. Kudus got past him quite easily at times although there was an argument Kadioglu was intentionally showing him down the outside.

Carlos Baleba 6/10

Some really good work in the first half-hour and it felt like old times but it felt like was fading late in the half. And it wasn’t an optical illusion.

Yasin Ayari 7/10

Made a very sweet connection on his goal and did some good work in midfield, even if the scissors volley did not quite come off.

Yankuba Minteh 8/10

Was again Albion’s most dangerous player. Opened the scoring with a superb finish and a moment of tracking back to shut down Richarlison also stands out. There was concern he was no longer doing defensive graft when he was replaced.

Brajan Gruda 6/10

Asked to work off Rutter in attack. Without having a massive impact, his footwork was at the origin of the opening goal.

Kaoru Mitoma 5/10

Well below what we expect from him. Seemed to lack pace and conviction at times and strength on the ball but his threat and defensive awareness kept him on the pitch.

Georginio Rutter 7/10

It felt like a quiet game for him but this is quite a selfless role, as we have seen with Welbeck. His through ball released Minteh for the opener, pressing helped win possession for the Ayari strike and persistence set up a later chance for the same player. And he helped defend set-pieces.

SUBS - Diego Gomez 6/10

Sent on for the second half and did not really stamp any authority in midfield.

James Milner 6/10

Went on perhaps later than expected to try and bring order in midfield.

Danny Welbeck, Diego Coppola, Mats Wieffer N/A

A glimpse of good link play from the first, some battling from the second and a decent job on the left from the third.

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