Charalampos Kostoulas produced a stunning stoppage-time overhead kick to earn Brighton a 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at the Amex Stadium. In the first minute of injury time, the 18-year-old forward chested a dropping ball in the box and acrobatically guided it into the top corner, a finish that fully justified the £30m Brighton paid to sign him from Olympiacos just over a year ago. His moment of brilliance ensured the Seagulls took something from a match in which they had trailed for so long and underlined his growing importance to Fabian Hurzeler's side.
Bournemouth had earlier seized control through Marcus Tavernier's penalty, awarded only after a contentious VAR review overturned referee Paul Tierney's initial decision to book Amine Adli for simulation. The Cherries were the better side before the break and, after Tavernier's cool finish into the bottom left corner, tried to protect their lead by sitting back. That approach invited Brighton to dominate the second half and, in the end, another surrendered advantage meant the visitors extended an unwanted record of dropping more points from winning positions than any other team in the Premier League this season, while Brighton again showed their knack for rescuing results from losing positions.
Penalty drama hands Bournemouth the first-half advantage
The key flashpoint of the first half came when Adli broke through and went down after rounding Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen. Tierney initially saw the incident as an attempt to win a cheap penalty and booked the Bournemouth player for simulation, a call that appeared to settle the matter in Brighton's favour and seemed to confirm the referee's certainty about what he had seen in real time.