Brighton win late with Mitoma and Baleba goals

BRIGHTON, England : Brighton & Hove Albion's Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba struck late goals in a thrilling 3-2 Premier League victory over West Ham United that ended their run of seven successive games without a victory across all competitions.

West Ham appeared poised to win after second-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek cancelled an early strike by the home side's Yasin Ayari.

But in a breathless finish, Mitoma levelled with a header in the 89th minute and then Baleba unleashed a blistering shot from distance into the top corner in the 92nd minute before celebrating with a back-flip.

Brighton remain ninth in the table on 51 points, while West Ham, without a victory in seven league games, are languishing 17th with 36.