The Seagulls had been set to taste defeat in Hurzeler\u2019s 50th match in charge after Igor Thiago\u2019s ice-cool first-half spot-kick had the visitors in front.<\/p>\n
Danny Welbeck\u2019s 71st-minute leveller \u2013 after he missed out on an England recall this month \u2013 sparked a grandstand finish for Brighton with substitute Jack Hinshelwood able to complete the turnaround with six minutes left.<\/p>\n
Further drama was to follow in stoppage-time as Maxim De Cuyper was penalised for holding onto Kevin Schade by referee Chris Kavanagh, but Thiago was unable to earn Brentford a share of the spoils.<\/p>\n
The casual penalty technique of Thiago came back to bite the Brazil forward as Verbruggen declined to dive until the last moment and saved only the second spot-kick of his career to spark wild celebrations at Amex Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always have to believe and especially with Bart because I know what he is capable of doing,\u201d Hurzeler reflected.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is really working hard and yeah timing sometimes you can\u2019t learn. He was there in the right moment with a big save and again it is not a surprise because when you see him working, you see him develop, especially this season, you really see a step up.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou really see how he is growing as a person and as a player and therefore I am very happy for him. I think this gives him another boost regarding his development and regarding his self confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n
A third yellow card of the season at Crystal Palace a fortnight ago forced Hurzeler to watch his milestone fixture in the stands and he praised the togetherness of his squad.<\/p>\n
Hurzeler added: \u201cYeah, it had definitely a lot but for me the main thing is how we reacted in the second half. How we faced adversity and how my team stuck together.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey showed personality, they showed character, they showed more quality in the second half and they definitely deserved to win this game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keith Andrews spent a season as a player at Brighton and was confident Brentford could cure their away-day blues by the seaside.<\/p>\n
When referee Kavanagh pointed to the spot in the second minute of stoppage time, the spoils looked set to be shared, but Thiago was denied after a two-minute wait to take his second penalty of the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was certainly looking for a result and I was fairly confident we could get one,\u201d Bees boss Andrews admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is difficult for penalty takers and I am not just saying today but in general from the time it is given until they actually take it and all the shenanigans that goes on in between.<\/p>\n
\u201cThiago has been immense for us this season so there is no blame attached to him, but unfortunately we couldn\u2019t quite get to the equaliser.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if he considering an alternative penalty taker, Andrews said: \u201cHe is scoring a lot of goals, his confidence is flowing, so it would have been difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Seagulls had been set to taste defeat in Hurzeler\u2019s 50th match in charge after Igor Thiago\u2019s ice-cool…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,898,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-154898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}