Brighton ride their luck as Steven Alzate deflection knocks out Blackpool
23-Jan-2021 17:10:10 | The Guardian
Brighton moved into the FA Cup fifth round with a difficult win over lower-league opposition, edging past Blackpool 2-1 to end the League One club’s impressive cup run. After lovely first-half goals by Yves Bissouma and Gary Madine, only a deflected goal that last struck Steven Alzate separated the two sides.
It would have been understandable if Blackpool had far less resistance to offer. Their day began with the announcement that the club had recently returned five positive Covid-19 tests from 37 players and staff tested. But Neil Critchley’s side opened the game with vitality and were impressive: while Brighton set the tone by controlling possession as expected, some early loose passes allowed the away team to move up the pitch from the beginning and quickly settle down.
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