Brighton demolish Swansea in five-goal thriller

Glenn Murray scored twice for Brighton in 4-1 thrashing of Swansea

Glenn Murray scored twice to help Brighton & Hove Albion to a comfortable win as they eased their relegation worries – and increased Swansea’s.

Murray opened the scoring from the penalty spot after he was clumsily fouled by Mike van der Hoorn, before combining with Jose Izquierdo for his second.

Anthony Knockaert, who had earlier had a goal ruled out for offside against Murray, added a third after a neat exchange with Pascal Gross.

Late on, Swansea got one back when Tammy Abraham’s effort deflected off the unfortunate Lewis Dunk for his fourth own goal of the season, before Jurgen Locadia, on as a substitute for his Premier League debut, completed Brighton’s victory.

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In truth, the scoreline did not flatter the south coast club, who achieved back-to-back Premier League wins at home for the first time since September.

Chris Hughton’s side are up to 11th in the table, four points clear of the Swans, who drop back into the relegation zone in 18th.

What’s next?

Swansea City return to the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday, 27 February with their FA Cup fifth round replay against Carlos Carvalhal’s former club Sheffield Wednesday (20:05 GMT).

The Swans are also at home as they resume their Premier League campaign against West Ham on Saturday, 3 March (15:00 GMT); while on Sunday, 4 March, Brighton welcome Arsenal to the Amex (13:30 GMT).