IRELAND INTERNATIONAL SHANE Duffy starred at both ends as Brighton secured an important 2-1 win away to Huddersfield in the Premier League today.
David Wagner’s side took just 54 seconds to open the scoring through Mathias Jorgensen.
But fourth bottom Huddersfield were reduced to 10 men when Steve Mounie was sent off for a 32nd minute foul on Yves Bissouma.
Brighton drew level in first half stoppage-time through Shane Duffy’s towering header.
The Seagulls sealed their first win in four games thanks to Florin Andone’s maiden goal in English football in the 69th minute.
At Selhurst Park, Palace ended their eight-game winless league run at the expense of fellow strugglers Burnley.
Heading into this weekend, Palace had managed two points at home this season, scoring only two home goals, which were both penalties.
Roy Hodgson’s team finally ended their drought from open play in bizarre fashion when James McArthur’s 16th minute cross was missed by players from both teams, hit the far post and trickled into the net.
Andros Townsend’s 77th minute curler ensured Palace would win for the first time since September and condemn third bottom Burnley to a seventh successive league game without a win.
Leicester won for just the second time in seven league games as Watford slumped to a 2-0 defeat at the King Power Stadium.
Claude Puel’s side won an 12th minute penalty when Jamie Vardy was brought down by Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster and the England striker converted it himself for his fifth goal of the season.
James Maddison, back in the team after a ban for diving, doubled Leicester’s lead in the 23rd minute with a fine finish.
Watford’s misery was complete when Etienne Capoue was sent off in the 90th minute for a lunge on Kelechi Iheanacho.
West Ham ended Newcastle’s three-match winning run as Javier Hernandez struck twice in a 3-0 victory at St James Park.
Newcastle fans had called for supporters not to take their seats until the 11th minute in protest against “11 wasted years of Mike Ashley’s tenure as chairman at the club”.
And, in a fittingly farcical twist for the troubled club, the fans who joined the protest were only just settling into their seats when Newcastle fell behind in the 11th minute to Hernandez’s cool finish.
West Ham had won just one of their previous six league games, but Hernandez netted again in the 63rd minute before Felipe Anderson capped the rout in stoppage-time.
English Premier League results on Saturday:
Crystal Palace 2 (McArthur 16, Townsend 77) Burnley 0
Huddersfield 1 (Jorgensen 1) Brighton 2 (Duffy 45+4, Andone 69)
Leicester 2 (Vardy 12-pen, Maddison 23) Watford 0
Manchester City 3 (B Silva 16, Sterling 57, Gundogan 79) Bournemouth 1 (Wilson 44)
Newcastle 0 West Ham 3 (Hernandez 11, 63, Anderson 90+3)
Additional reporting by Paul Fennessy
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