Chris Hughton's Brighton & Hove Albion lost their place at the top of the Sky Bet Championship as they suffered a 2-1 home loss to promotion rivals Newcastle United on Tuesday evening.

The Seagulls didn't have any injury concerns going into the match so were expected to name an unchanged team to that which hammered play-off hopefuls Reading at the weekend.

It was the hosts who took the lead early in the first-half as the referee pointed to the spot after it appeared that Ciaran Clark was pulling Glenn Murray during a corner, and the key striker dusted himself down and converted the penalty.

But Newcastle equalised less than ten minutes from time as a shot from Christian Atsu hit Mo Diame's foot and the ball lobbed Stockdale to find its way into the net - perhaps one of the oddest goals this season.

Hughton's team endured another blow as they conceded a second minutes from the end.

Substitute Ayoze Perez smashed home to take all three points back to Tyneside.

That result means Brighton & Hove Albion slip to second on 71 points, two behind leaders Newcastle United.

Here's how Seagulls fans reacted to the game on Twitter.....