Tariq Lamptey dazzles in Brighton's win at Newcastle but Bissouma sent off

20-Sep-2020 15:16:24 | The Guardian

Whenever Tariq Lamptey ran at Newcastle it seemed as if Steve Bruce’s players were operating with their boots laced together. To say the home side were terrorised by Graham Potter’s teenage right wing-back is an understatement and the resultant psychological damage could take some repairing.

If Newcastle’s unhinging raises all sorts of awkward questions about the team’s suitability for a 4-4-2 formation while also serving as a reminder that relegation struggles on Tyneside may not yet be things of the past, it also offered further vindication of the radical stylistic overhaul Potter has presided over on the south coast. Not even Yves Bissouma’s 88th-minute sending-off could strip the sheen from a most accomplished visiting performance watched live by Mike Ashley.