Brighton’s relegation fears intensified after a dismal 5-0 defeat to Bournemouth as Anthony Knockaert saw red on Saturday
Bournemouth were booed off by their home supporters in their recent 3-1 defeat by Burnley, but were already 2-0 up courtesy of Dan Gosling (33) and Ryan Fraser (54) when Knockaert was given his marching orders for a wild lunge on Adam Smith
From then on, Eddie Howe's men were rampant on the break, and David Brooks (74), Callum Wilson (82) and Junior Stanislas (90+2) made it an embarrassing day for Chris Hughton
Brighton remain five points above the drop zone, but welcome Cardiff City to the AMEX on Tuesday night and still have to play Tottenham, Arsenal, and Manchester City this season
Steve Cook - returning from two months off for the Cherries with a serious groin infection that almost cost him his career - made a sensational headed clearance to deny Shane Duffy at the back post in a nervy opening quarter
 That was as good as it got for Brighton
The first goal was always going to be key in terms of confidence, and Bournemouth got it on 33 minutes when Gosling linked with Brooks and Wilson before sliding home - unchallenged - from 10 yards
Brighton struggled to find any attacking flow, but the same couldn't be said for the visitors, who were classy and clinical on the break
 It was 2-0 on 54 minutes
 King raced clear and his pass was lobbed over Mat Ryan by Fraser
Any hope of a comeback - that didn't look likely anyway - was dealt a huge blow when Knockaert lost his head
 The Brighton winger, who cut a frustrated figure all afternoon, decided to lunge in as Smith knocked the ball away from his own box
 It was high, late and completely reckless
 A red card followed
From that moment on, Bournemouth became devastating on the attack as Brighton were pinned back
 Brooks made it 3-0 after liking with King and finishing into the bottom corner before Fraser then fed Wilson, who put another one past the helpless Ryan
A fifth looked on the cards, and Stanislas delivered the final nail in Brighton's coffin in injury time
This was a tough one as all of Bournemouth's attacking players were on their game, especially when Brighton went down to 10-men
 Fraser made four key passes and two of those ended with goals
Of course, he netted a brilliant one of his own, too
 This was a masterclass of how to attack with pace, power, and precision on the break
: "We started OK but a lack of confidence and quality in the final third is stopping us getting ahead in games
 Then from our possession, they scored - that was the story of the game
 Four of the goals they scored were from our possession
 We wasn't able to handle their pace on the counter attack
": "It has been a difficult run for us recently, so we knew the importance of this game, we were desperate to win
 It has been a frustrating second half of the season
 We started so well that we felt we could really go on and achieve special things and it hasn't really materialised
Brighton are back at the AMEX on Tuesday night for a critical clash with Cardiff while Bournemouth host relegated Fulham next Saturday afternoon
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