Neal Maupay's acrobatic overhead kick earned Brighton a dramatic draw against West Ham at London Stadium.
The Frenchman scored in the 89th minute when the Seagulls were down to 10 men after Adam Lallana had gone off injured, with the visitors unable to make any more substitutions.
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West Ham had scored after only five minutes as Pablo Fornals' superb inswinging corner was glanced in by Tomas Soucek's near-post header.
Fornals nearly doubled their advantage but his well-struck 15-yard effort hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced clear.
The Hammers thought they had a second goal when the ball crept over the line off the heel of Brighton defender Shane Duffy in a goalmouth scramble.
However, it was ruled out following a lengthy Video Assistant Referee delay as Michail Antonio was adjudged offside before the ball hit the away defender.
Despite having further chances to score a second, the Hammers could not finish the game off and were punished late on.
West Ham boss David Moyes was unhappy with the VAR decision to deny his side.
"VAR is really good and the refereeing has been really good but we do not want to get rid of goals," said Moyes.
"To rule it out and to choose to not give the goal, we're in the business to score goals, that's what people come to games for.
"I think it's so hard to call that not a goal. You have to have something clear and I didn't see a reason why that goal couldn't stand."
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