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Kostoulas’ Overhead Kick Earns Brighton Late Draw After VAR Penalty for Bournemouth

VAR intervention to award Bournemouth’s penalty prompted loud home protests at the Amex.

Overview

  • Marcus Tavernier converted a 32nd-minute penalty after referee Paul Tierney overturned an initial yellow card for Amine Adli on the advice of VAR official Jarred Gillett.
  • Brighton seized control after the break with roughly 73% possession and equalised in stoppage time from Jan Paul van Hecke’s knockdown finished acrobatically by Charalampos Kostoulas.
  • The point leaves Brighton 12th on 30 points from 22 matches, with Bournemouth 15th on 27.
  • Bournemouth’s late-game issues continued, with 12 goals conceded in the final 15 minutes of second halves this season, the most in the Premier League.
  • Kostoulas, 18 and signed from Olympiacos for a reported £30m, netted his second goal of the campaign and his first since October.