On 10 March 2012, Brighton beat Portsmouth 2–0 at home, with Vicente scoring a brace – including one from a low free kick – lifting his team into the play-off places and stretching its unbeaten run to 12 games. On 16 May of the following year, after only 12 appearances during the season, he was released alongside Gary Dicker and Marcos Painter; following his departure he described his former boss, Gustavo Poyet, as “the worst person I’ve come across in football”, “selfish” and “egocentric”.