Everton were awarded a highly debatable penalty in the first half of their Premier League match against Brighton at the Amex Stadium. The Seagulls were on top for much of the opening 45 minutes but fell behind as Iliman Ndiaye slotted home from the spot on 42 minutes after Joel Veltman was penalised for handball in the box.

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Brighton are mostly dictating play here, though the Blues are keeping them at arm’s length. Ndiaye is looking the liveliest of the lot here. 14’ - Everton almost got gifted a goal there. Doucoure finds Beto in the box and he cannot control a simple pass.

Ooh. Mitoma cuts inside O’Brien and has enough time to shoot, lucky for Everton it doesn’t have enough curl and goes out wide of the far post. 49’ - Brighton pushing hard here, Lindstrom is beaten but the ball falls to an Everton shirt in the box and the Blues can clear.