Hemed sends Brighton back to top


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 25 Jan 2017

Britain Football Soccer - Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City - Sky Bet Championship - The American Express Community Stadium - 24/1/17 Brighton's Anthony Knockaert and Cardiff City's Kadeem Harris in action Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Matthew Childs Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Brighton & Hove Albion returned to the top of England's second-tier Championship with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Cardiff City at the Amex stadium on Tuesday.

Chris Hughton's side dominated throughout but had to wait until the 73rd minute for Israeli international Tomer Hemed to strike after he slipped past Sol Bamba to smash home the ball.

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