Matchday Gallery: West Ham secure first Premier League win at Brighton

West Ham United arrived in Sussex on Saturday afternoon seeking a first Premier League win at the American Express Community Stadium - and they got it!

The Hammers have never beaten hosts Brighton & Hove Albion on home turf in the top-flight, with the only previous victory at the Seagulls' smart arena coming in the EFL Championship in 2011/12.

However, it was a case of lucky number 13 as James Ward-Prowse gave the Hammers the lead in the first-half with a close-ranged finish, following good work from Michail Antonio. 

Jarrod Bowen doubled our lead in the second half, taking a sensational touch from Saïd Benrahma's sublime cross before poking in.

Antonio himself then scored a blinding finish just minutes later, sending the travelling Hammers into dreamland. 

Alphonse Areola was in phenomenal form and forced into a number of world-class saves, the best of which saw the Frenchman tip an Evan Ferguson rocket onto the cross-bar. 

Pascal Groß added a consolation for the Seagulls, but the Irons ran out deserving winners.

Club official photographer Jimmy Griffiths and Getty Images were on hand to catch all the action on camera, which you can view in the gallery above!

 

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