Brighton fans were mocked over their furious reaction to Dwight McNeil celebrating his goal in Everton’s 5-1 win at the Amex.
Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton were at the hands of a shocking 5-1 defeat to the relegation-threatened Toffees, and one fans in particular really weren’t happy with what he was seeing unfold in front of him.
He could be seen making a gesture with his arms towards Dwight McNeil, who scored two goals as his team dominated Brighton in a battle to stay in the Premier League.
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Everton sign off with a fifth goal on the south coast 🫡
Dwight McNeil bags his second of the game! pic.twitter.com/1pFb1oQmna
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Abdoulaye Doucoure also scored a brace for Everton, making it 2-0 just 30 minutes in, before it got worse for the hosts when their goalkeeper Jason Steele deflected a cross off his leg, making it 3-0.
Alex Mac Allister got Brighton’s only goal on the 80th minute, but the job had already been done by Everton, a huge boost for them especially after Leicester’s loss earlier in the day.
Player ratings
Brighton: Steele (4), Caicedo (5), Webster (5), Dunk (5), Estupinan (5), Gross (6), Mac Allister (5), Buonanotte (4), Undav (4), Mitoma (6), Welbeck (5).
Subs: Colwill (6), March (7), Enciso (6), Gilmour (n/a), Ferguson (6).
Everton: Pickford (9), Patterson (9), Mina (8), Tarkowski (7), Mykolenko (8), Garner (8), Gueye (8), Iwobi (7), Doucoure (9), McNeil (9), Calvert-Lewin (8).
Subs: Onana (n/a), Maupay (n/a).
Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi:
“Of course, we can lose the game. We can lose against Everton. I was disappointed with the first half because it showed we’re not ready yet to compete for the big target. It’s not easy because playing the last period, three games in a week is difficult if you’re not used to playing so many games.
“But if we want to improve and fix our target higher, we have not forgotten the victory against Manchester United.
“With big teams, the biggest quality is to forget when you win. You have to be ready to play every game, every day and today we arrived at the stadium late. In the second half [in other words, they didn’t get started].
“Sunday we will show our quality and we’ll be back playing in our style. You will see the true Brighton. Against Manchester United and today, we saw two different teams. The problem is mentality.
“I hope we can remember this date for a long time because today we can improve a lot. We can improve in football what you did in the past. It is not important, it doesn’t count [towards the future].
“We are Brighton – we have won against Manchester United, against Arsenal [in the Carabao Cup] and against Chelsea, not because there is a top coach or players. It is because we have courage, energy and passion. I’m sure we will show this again and for a long time.”
Everton boss Sean Dyche:
“When you get your tactics right, everyone lauds you. When you get it wrong, it might still be the right tactics but the players haven’t performed. They have tonight, they’ve taken it on.
“We’ve done some work with them, they were very open-minded to it and they’ve gone and delivered it. That’s really pleasing as that’s the whole point of coaching and the whole point of managing. The players deserve a lot of credit as they’ve taken it on with aplomb.
“People will be out there thinking there is life in this team. We’ve never lost sight of that. The work ethic, the commitment to the cause, the connectivity of the group is really important as I’ve always felt there is quality.
“But talking about it doesn’t win you a game. We were frustrated not to win at Leicester, but we got the reward of carrying on the right mentality tonight against a team that has been rightly applauded for their performances this season.
“I told the lads that this is only a step. I said that after Arsenal. I made it clear. We made another step, but there’s three more big steps we’ve got to take.”
As mentioned, Brighton fans were mocked over their furious reaction to McNeil celebrating in Everton’s 5-1 win…
@Tigertito: Love to see opposition fans chucking the toys out the pram.
@ianparr1984EFC: The 50 pence Wealdstone raider there
@JackBrownCFC: Them fans in background to him saluting 🤣🤣 rattled so bad
@CraigBruce__: You want some, I’ll give it ya
@EuseOwl: Love this 🤣
@Mill_Wes23: Look at the fans when McNeil scored 😂😂
@jbomb2903: His arm action looks like something off @RobotWarsUK
@LFizzia: Hang it in the Louvre
@moffettAG: Honestly the state of grown men behaving like that. Embarrassing.
@bainsey__lad: That fan 😂😂😂😂😂 so angry
@clausbach: Embarrassing 🙈🤣🤣
@WM_BFC: Fella stood by the stairs with the scarf is absolutely raging in the most Brighton way ever 🤣
@Haxdenbfc: Treasure this man at all costs
@scottneedham88: Disgusting! No place in todays game for this
@Winter1878: His heads fell off 🤣🤣🤣
@toffeeman55: someone needs to take their dad home
@jamiebuckland: Do you think the chap’s a little upset? 😂😂
@metalmanjim90: Horrific scenes at the Amex today
@jackmckeown99: We’ve all been there to be fair
@Krooshlash: I’ll never get grown middle aged men acting like this at every game. Completely and utterly embarrassing
@marcostorre72: I can’t stop watching this! 😂😂
@NorthernHarry: Absolutely impeccable.
@ryan3levis: Genuinely nothing better than these sights
Same vibes pic.twitter.com/vyRjPyBlmB
— Adam (@AFC_AFC_) May 8, 2023
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