WOW, WOW, JOAO

Pedro's late, late penalty breaks Seagulls’ hoodoo

- Andy Sims

JOAO PEDRO scored a stoppage-time penalty as Brighton finally beat Fulham in the Premier League at the 10th attempt.

The Seagulls looked set to be frustrated by the Cottagers once again, having never beaten them in nine previous attempts.

But Pedros spot-kick at the death settled the battle of the European hopefuls in Brighton's favour and moved them up to sixth, just a point behind Manchester City in fourth.

Raul Jimenez’s opener for Fulham had earlier been cancelled out by Jan Paul van Hecke's towering header in the first half.

These two teams both reached the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend after extra time and, in Fulham's case at Manchester United, penalties.