Manchester City, who played in the last turn of the day, withstood the pressure well and scored in Brighton.
Ilkay Gündogan (13) and Phil Foden twice (28, 31) separated the ‘Citizens’ in the first half hour.
Brighton was only able to shorten the penalty already in 81, through the Argentine Alexis Mac Allister, but the Algerian Riyad Mahrez sealed the final 4 to 1 in 90 + 5.
It is City’s second away win this week as they beat Bruges, Belgium, 5-1 in their Champions League group on Tuesday.
In the rest of the games on Saturday, the highlight was the defeat of Everton (8th) by 5-2 at home against Watford (14th), where Joshua King shone with a hat-trick.
The other matches of the day ended with draws. (AFP)