BRIGHTON, England, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Greek teenager Charalampos Kostoulas scored with a superb overhead kick in stoppage time to salvage a point for Brighton & Hove Albion in a 1-1 home draw with Bournemouth in the Premier League on Monday.
It looked as though a controversial first-half penalty by Marcus Tavernier had sealed Bournemouth back-to-back Premier League wins for the first time since August.
But substitute Kostoulas, signed for a reported 32 million pounds ($42.96 million) from Olympiakos last summer, had other ideas as he launched himself into a bicycle kick from Jan Paul van Hecke's knockdown and directed the ball past Djordje Petrovic.
The moment of magic was the 18-year-old's second goal of the season and first since October.
"I've seen him score better in training, but that was unbelievable. He's a special talent," Brighton skipper Lewis Dunk told Sky Sports. "You've seen glimpses, and there'll be many more things to come from him."
Tavernier had put Bournemouth in front from the spot in the 32nd minute after referee Paul Tierney was told to view a VAR replay of an incident in which he initially booked Bournemouth's winger Amine Adli for diving.
But after looking at the pitch-side monitor he deemed that goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen had indeed caught Adli with his lifted leg as he tried to intercept a ball into the area.
Brighton had started strongly but faded and Bournemouth could have built on their lead with Evanilson hitting the post and heading another chance just wide before halftime.
A tiring Bournemouth dropped deep in the second half but could not see out only their second Premier League away win this season. Brighton stayed in 12th place in the standings with 30 points from 22 games while Bournemouth are 15th with 27.
"At the end, we are in that moment in the season when everything is against us," said Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola, whose side have struggled this season after a flying start.
"We don't have this little bit of luck you need. They scored an incredible goal, an overhead kick, top corner, and you finish with a point. It's a big shame because the players did an incredible effort. They were dead at the end."
($1 = 0.7448 pounds)
(Reporting by Martyn HermanEditing by Christian Radnedge)
