3 players sent off in 18 minutes in wild end to Premier League game
Referee Anthony Taylor shows Crystal Palace’s Eddie Nketiah, left a red card, during the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion, at Selhurst Park, London, Saturday April 5, 2025. (James Manning/PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) — Three players were sent off in the space of 18 minutes near the end of a Premier League game between Crystal Palace and Brighton on Saturday.
Palace was reduced to nine men when Eddie Nketiah (78th minute) and Marc Guehi (90th) picked up second yellow cards.
Brighton center back Jan Paul van Hecke was then sent off in the sixth minute of stoppage time, also for two yellow cards.
Palace held on to win 2-1 after nearly 14 minutes of stoppage time.
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