Coventry 0-5 Brighton ratings: Verbruggen man of the match as Albion hit five | OneFootball

Brighton thrashed Coventry 5-0 away, their joint-biggest Premier League away win. According to WeAreBrighton.com, goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen still topped the player ratings.

Two outstanding stops at 0-0 changed the mood. Verbruggen blocked a Jack Rudoni volley, then stretched to tip a fierce Frank Onyeka effort over.

At the other end was Carl Rushworth, sold to Coventry for 22 million after some fans wanted him as Albion first-choice. On this evidence, backing Verbruggen and selling Rushworth looked correct, and Rushworth needs to improve for any buy-back to be activated.

Pascal Gross headed cleverly for Charalampos Kostoulas to open the scoring, later converted a penalty won by Kostoulas, and supplied Yasin Ayari for the fifth. Lewis Dunk thumped in from 35 yards. Malick Yalcouye’s pace and power brought a cool one-on-one finish past Rushworth.

Ferdi Kadioglu delivered his best display so far and made a vital back-post clearance. Luka Vuskovic now has four clean sheets in six competitive outings and remained a set-piece threat. Olivier Boscagli was steady at left back in another shutout.

Maxim De Cuyper unusually had no goal involvement, while Diego Gomez drew the lowest mark after two first-half misses. Kostoulas missed early before scoring, then won the penalty for Gross to convert. Chema Andres debuted for 25 minutes, and a start at Manchester United in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday was described as likely.

Coventry finished with fewer players after Taiwo Awoniyi was dismissed for elbowing De Cuyper, and Pascal Struijk featured late on.

Source: WeAreBrighton.com

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