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An English team loses for the first time at home this season

Brighton suffered its first defeat at home this season in the English Football League, and it came at the hands of the injured Crystal Palace 1-3 on Sunday in the sixteenth stage.
After ending last season with two defeats at home to Chelsea (0-2) and Manchester United (0-2) under the leadership of Italian coach Roberto De Zerbe, who moved to supervise French club Marseille, Brighton seemed invincible in its stronghold at the beginning of this season with its new German coach, Fabien Horzeler.
But Palace, which is fighting in the bottom positions, surprised them today, Sunday, and inflicted on them their first defeat out of eight matches they have played so far among their fans, and the fourth in total since the beginning of the season, thanks to a brace by Senegalese Ismaila Sarr (33rd and 82nd) ​​and a goal by Trevor Chalobah (27th), while the goal was… Brighton trailed through centre-back Mark Guehi by mistake in his own goal (87).
Brighton’s score temporarily froze at 24 points in seventh place, while Palace raised its score to 16 points in sixteenth place, 4 points behind the relegation zone.

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