Antoine Semenyo scored one goal and set up the other as Bournemouth beat Brighton 2-1. Alex Scott netted his first league goal since December 2023, with Kaoru Mitoma equalising for the visitors.
The Cherries handed a surprise top-flight debut to Veljko Milosavljevic, their 18-year-old transfer deadline day signing, with the centre-back Bafodé Diakité injured. At the other end of the age spectrum, the 39-year-old James Milner replaced Carlos Baleba in Brighton’s starting lineup.
The visitors were forced into an early change when Jack Hinshelwood hobbled off after a challenge with Evanilson left him in a heap on the halfway line.
Bournemouth had the better of a scrappy start to the game and took a deserved lead in the 18th minute. Semenyo plucked the ball down excellently before teeing up Scott to fire a left-foot shot into the far corner from just outside the 18-yard box.
Brighton then lost a second player to injury as Maxim de Cuyper had to be replaced by Ferdi Kadioglu after being shoved into the advertising hoardings by Semenyo.
