West Ham 1-1 Brighton: Kudus' goal levels the score against Wieffer at London Stadium

West Ham and Brighton settled for a 1-1 draw at the London Stadium, leaving both teams feeling unsatisfied with the result.

West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui will be delighted his team fought back to earn a point thanks to Mohammed Kudus' well-taken goal just before the hour mark.

It means the Hammers have now gone unbeaten in three successive Premier League games for the first time this season, although the Basque may also feel this was an opportunity missed to claim all three points against a lacklustre Brighton and pull further away from the drop zone.

As for the visitors, Fabian Hurzeler's side worked hard to get themselves in front when Mats Wieffer fired into a gaping goal after Lukasz Fabianski dropped a cross at his feet under pressure from Lewis Dunk, with the strike eventually given after a VAR review for offside.

But they could only hold the lead for seven minutes and have now gone five league matches without a win, with only Southampton currently on a longer such run, to slip from second down to ninth in the table.

Brighton did go desperately close to scoring a winner as the visitors woke up late on, only for Kaoru Mitoma's effort to hit the post when the forward seemed easier to score, although they also were perhaps fortunate not to see Pervis Estupinan sent off for a heavy tackle on Max Kilman.

Meanwhile, the point sees Lopetegui's team stay in 14th place in what has been a testing few days for the Hammers boss after the recent death of his father.

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