Joao Pedro produced a goal and an excellent assist to help 10-player Brighton to fifth place in the Premier League with a 2-1 win at wasteful Bournemouth.
The visitors, who were only outside the top four on goal difference, had to survive a late attack after Carlos Baleba was sent off midway through the second half, which led to David Brooks pulling a goal back for Bournemouth and Antoine Semenyo hitting the crossbar in the final hit. stairs.
Making his first start since August, Pedro produced another performance for Brighton after setting up the winner against Manchester City before the international break. He scored in the fourth minute when Kepa Arrizabalaga parried Georginio Rutter's shot.
Bournemouth had already seen Semenyo shoot wide before Evanilson was denied by Bart Verbruggen and then Justin Kluivert squandered a good chance from close range.
The hosts thought they had equalized before half-time when Semenyo released Kluivert from behind and he selflessly set into the quadrant for Evanilson to tap in, but VAR confirmed the on-field decision to rule out the goal for offside.
Brighton, as in the first half, scored their second just four minutes after the break when Pedro played a beautiful, defensive splitting pass into the box for Kaoru Mitoma to run onto and finish into the bottom corner.
Evanilson should have equalized immediately but side-footed it wide, although Bournemouth were given a lifeline when Baleba was shown a second yellow card for catching the sliding Milos Kerkez.
However, Bournemouth struggled to break down Brighton until Brooks poked the ball into the top left corner in the 93rd minute. The visitors looked nervous for the first time and were lucky when Semenyo's left-footed volley hit the top of the woodwork.
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