Premier League, Round 4CoventryCOV 0 5 Full Time BrightonBRI Venue Coventry Building Society Arena Charalampos Kostoulas 35Malick Yalcouy 51Pascal Gro 70 (Pen)Lewis Dunk 83Yasin Ayari 90+4Frank Lampard conceded it was a difficult scoreline to contend with after his Coventry side were hammered 5-0 by Brighton this afternoon. The Sky Blues competed well for the opening half-hour but fell apart after Brighton scored through Charalampos Kostoulas and Malick Yalcouye either side of the break.Taiwo Awoniyi was sent off for an awful elbow in the face of Maxim De Cuyper and the 10-man hosts had no answers as Brighton scored again through a Pascal Gross penalty and long-range strikes from Lewis Dunk and Yasin Ayari.The defeat means Coventry have yet to pick up a point, or score a goal, in their four games following promotion.Lampard told BBC Match of the Day: Its a difficult scoreline and its not easy at home. The first half was pretty good, we created some chances, better chances and we had them under a lot of pressure. Then a mistake to make it 2-0 and the red card makes it very difficult.We have to take responsibility. We did some good stuff, then the game became very, very difficult for us. We have to keep working. At [Manchester] City last week we created a few big chances and [Gianluigi] Donnarumma made some good saves. The pressure of the Premier League for these players is new. We have to continue to work and hopefully when we start scoring, and this team scored a lot of goals last season, but we have to keep working.I cant complain with the players at the end.Hurzeler playing it cool after superb Brighton move fourthThe win moved Brighton up to fourth in the Premier League table but boss Fabian Hurzeler was not getting carried away.He said: Its important to stay humble and not take these things for granted. Overall we are a team where a lot of players can score goals and that brings us a lot of flexibility which is good for a coach as well.Dunks was the goal of the game, the former England centre-half smashing a stunning 25-yard effort into the top corner.Ive got that sort of shot in my locker and I just had a shot and it went in the top corner. I shocked myself but it was lovely, he said on Sky Sports.Weve shown fluidity and we have some real quality high up the pitch. If we keep scoring goals like that and keeping clean sheets, well have a great season. Topics Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Coventry City F.C. Add us as a preferred source on Google If you enjoy reading this article, you can help support our independent football journalism by adding 101 Great Goals as a preferred source You Should Also Read Coventry 0-5 Brighton: Sky Blues implode as Awoniyi sees red on shocking afternoon for Frank Lampard Jon Fisher 13th September, 2026 Coventry v Brighton: Confirmed line-ups and team news as Sky Blues go in search of first win Jon Fisher 13th September, 2026 Premier League round-up: Draws for Brighton and Brentford as Palace win thriller Mitch Fretton 5th September, 2026 LIVE Manchester City v Coventry: Commentary, updates, goals and stats Jon Fisher 4th September, 2026 Man City v Coventry: Teams confirmed as Ndiaye starts Tom Rostance 5th September, 2026 Man City v Coventry: Preview, predicted line-ups, stats and where to watch Ben Miller 4th September, 2026
