Glenn Murray scored twice to help Brighton & Hove Albion beat Swansea City 4-1 at the Amex on Saturday afternoon and boost their survival hopes in the process
Murray opened the scoring early on from the penalty spot (18), before doubling the home side's lead with his seventh goal in his last nine games (69)
Anthony Knockaert then added a third with 17 minutes to go and despite Lewis Dunk's 85th-minute own goal, substitute Jurgen Locadia completed the scoring with his first goal for his new team since joining from PSV in January
As a result, Chris Hughton's side jump up to 11th in the Premier League and four points from safety after securing back-to-back home wins for just the second time this season
Meanwhile, Swansea - whose 10-game unbeaten run in all competitions comes to an end - fall back into the relegation zone, albeit on goal difference
Brighton took an 18th-minute lead after referee Mike Dean decided that Mike Van der Hoorn had fouled Murray in the box, although there appeared to be minimal contact
Murray kept his cool from the spot, however, to send Lukasz Fabianski the wrong way as the striker calmly chipped the ball down the middle
Both sides then had chances to score just before half-time, with Shane Duffy heading Pascal Gross' right-wing corner against the top of the bar
Then in first-half stoppage time, Jordan Ayew cut in from the left and drilled a low shot against the post, with the ball striking Matt Ryan on the head, before Martin Olsson somehow missed the gaping goal from the rebound
Brighton went further ahead following a lovely team goal involving outstanding duo Jose Izquierdo and Gross, who played a one-two on the edge of the box
 And the Colombian's pull back from the left-hand byline was then tucked home by Murray for his 10th league goal of the season
The hosts then made it 3-0 as Knockaert rounded off another fine move involving Gross and Murray, before Swansea - who by this stage had thrown on Tammy Abraham and Andre Ayew as further forwards - pulled a goal back when Dunk deflected the former's shot past Ryan
In the final minute Brighton scored a fourth for the first time in the Premier League as Izquierdo again got free to the left byline, before the winger's pull back found Dale Stephens
 And the midfielder then drilled the ball back across the box for club-record signing Locadia to net from close range
 "It was a worthy scoreline, particularly in the second half as the game opened up
"And generally as games open up in that way, somebody is going to benefit, and it was us today
 We have not been big goal scorers this season, but on a day with that little bit more guile and a better final pass, we could have had more
"At the moment, particularly at home, we look more likely to score goals than perhaps we did earlier in the season
 And that is something we will need to continue
""When we were losing 1-0 I was thinking we must change things, so we put Ayew in attack
 We took the risks because we were not happy to lose and we wanted to try to win
 So we put Luciano and Tammy on
"It was a big bet and with a big bet you can win lots of money or you can lose lots of money
 We knew if we scored one we could win, but we also knew if they scored another on the counter-attack it would be difficult, and that's what happened
"That's football, that's the life of a manager
 If it works the manager is a genius
 We tried everything to try to win, but Brighton deserved to win
 We lost the gamble
""Murray will get the headlines, but Gross stood out for me today
 Lots of good link-up play in the area just off where Murray likes to play
"They are very efficient and in the second half, they took advantage of Swansea gambling going forward and taking risks, and they were back to their worst defensively again today
"The striker was once again in red-hot form in front of goal for Brighton on Saturday, with his two efforts either side of the break sending his team well on their way to a huge three points
He has now netted 10 times in the league this campaign, with only three other Englishmen having scored more - Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane, Man City's Raheem Sterling and Leicester City's Jamie Vardy
Not only that, though, but the in-form Murray has also now scored five goals with his last six shots on target in the Premier League
Brighton host Arsenal at the Amex in the Premier League on Sunday March 4, live on S
Meanwhile, Swansea face Sheffield Wednesday in their FA Cup fifth-round replay on Tuesday evening, before taking on West Ham at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday March 3
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