Brighton & Hove Albion 4 West Ham United 0
Albion beat West Ham again with goals from Alexis Mac Allister, Joel Veltman, Kaoru Mitoma and a late effort from Danny Welbeck.
The away fans turned on manager David Moyes after the visitors were routed at the Amex.
The big surprise was the inclusion of goalkeeper Jason Steele who was preferred to Robert Sanchez.
Steele kept a clean sheet against Stoke in mid-week as Albion progressed to the sixth round of the FA Cup.
The Hammers are now winless in 11 away matches in the Premier League and still perilously close to the relegation zone after a feeble display.
It was another case of the curse of Brighton for West Ham – Moyes’s side have never beaten the Seagulls in the Premier League and left Falmer empty-handed, yet again, at the 12th attempt.
But this was far from unlucky. A penalty from Mac Allister, tap-ins for Veltman and Mitoma and a late strike from Welbeck did the damage as the fans’ patience with Moyes wore thin.
The usually supportive away following were singing his name in the first half, but he faced chants of “you don’t know what you’re doing” and “sacked in the morning” in the second.
Moyes look crest fallen at he slumped back in his seat all the good work against Forest last week seemingly undone
Brighton head coach Roberto De Zerbi has no such problems, watching from the stands with his feet up while he served a touchline ban for his red card in the tunnel against Fulham a fortnight ago.
The Italian’s absence certainly did not knock his in-form side out of their stride.
Albion were gifted the lead in the 18th minute when the ever-dangerous Mitoma darted into the penalty area and was shoved to the ground by Jarrod Bowen.
Argentina World Cup-winner Mac Allister stepped up to place the spot-kick over Alphonse Areola’s dive and high into the net.
Mac Allister’s penalty was really expertly taken and gave the Hammers keeper no chance.
