Simon Adingra was phenomenal as Brighton got a deserved win over Aston Villa that reminds us how far they have come.
Simon Adingra ended the game without a goal or an assist but if you had polled 100 people who sat though a slowly simmering but eventually gently boiling 90-odd minutes, a minimum of 99 would have made him man of the match for Brighton’s precious 1-0 win over Aston Villa.
Second-choice Villa goalkeeper Robin Olsen had denied Pascal Gross after he had been released by Adingra; Pau Torres had denied Danny Welbeck after an inch-perfect ball across the box from Adingra; Olsen saved again to deny Joao Pedro after being set up by Adingra; Julio Inciso denied himself by firing over after a delicious floating ball from Adringra.
There had been over nine hours of Premier League football played by Brighton since Welbeck scored against Liverpool in a 2-1 defeat that began a six-game winless run that threatened to pull Brighton into Crystal Palace territory. And Brighton fans are no longer used to being in Crystal Palace territory.
But this game was about Brighton and a chance to stop a rot that had threatened to spoil a historic season of European football. It’s worth regaining a sense of perspective; this is likely to be their third-best Premier League season ever and it comes after they lost the entirety of their first-choice central midfield and their goalkeeper last summer.
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