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Brighton impressive in victory over Bournemouth

Brighton were impressive 2-0 victors over Bournemouth on Saturday.

An emotional Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored his first goal for Brighton as they beat relegation rivals Bournemouth in the Premier League.

The Iran international winger, making his 27th appearance for the club, blasted home from 16 yards after Neal Maupay's lay-off.

He appeared close to tears afterwards with even goalkeeper Mat Ryan running forward to join in the jubilant celebrations.

Dan Burn had a second goal ruled out by the video assistant referee for a marginal offside several phases of play before he smashed home.

And Yves Bissouma struck the post as Brighton - not for the first time this season - struggled to get a second goal to kill the game off.

But the clinching strike came as Aaron Mooy controlled Leandro Trossard's cross before firing in his first Seagulls goal.

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