Joao Pedro’s 98th-minute penalty earned Brighton their first-ever Premier League win over Fulham, as the Seagulls' 2-1 victory moved them within one point of the top four.

Raul Jimenez gave Fulham the lead just after the half-hour mark, as he fired home from close range after bringing down an inviting Alex Iwobi cross.

But Brighton responded brilliantly, levelling within six minutes through Jan Paul van Hecke.

Yasin Ayari's floated cross from a set-piece found the defender unmarked, and he carefully guided his header out of Bernd Leno's reach and in off the far post.

Kaoru Mitoma and Simon Adingra both had second-half goals disallowed for offside as Brighton went in search of a second goal, and their winner arrived deep into stoppage time.

Harrison Reed clipped Joao Pedro in the area, and after a VAR review confirmed Samuel Barrott's on-field decision to award the penalty, the Brazilian picked himself up to convert the kick with confidence.

It remains incredibly congested in the top half of the table as Brighton move up to sixth, level on points with Chelsea and just one adrift of Manchester City in fourth.

Fulham, meanwhile, stay in ninth, one point behind eighth-placed Bournemouth and four adrift of Brighton.

Data Debrief: Seagulls flying high

Brighton have now won four straight Premier League games, just the second time they have ever enjoyed such a run in the top flight.

They previously won four in a row in the old First Division in April and May 1981, when they narrowly staved off relegation to the second tier.

Their current run started after they lost 7-0 at Nottingham Forest on February 1. Fabian Hurzeler's men are just the second team in English top-flight history to win four in a row immediately after losing a game by seven goals or more.

Grimsby Town achieved that feat in 1931, winning four on the spin after a 9-1 loss to Arsenal.