A controversial second-half penalty from Antoine Semenyo was enough to hand Bournemouth a 2-1 victory against Brighton.

The Ghanaian was able to notch his third goal of the season from the spot after Evanilson went down under a challenge from Jan Paul van Hecke that seemed to have minimal contact as the Brazilian dropped to the floor.

The Cherries dominated for large portions of the contest, but needed a slice of fortune in both their goals to topple Fabian Hurzeler's depleted Seagulls.

The visitors were impacted by injury from the get-go, with Jack Hinshelwood forced off in the opening two minutes, before Alex Scott fired the hosts ahead while Maxim De Cuyper was off the pitch having been barged into the advertising board just moments earlier.

The visitors looked disjointed for the re

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