David Moyes got his tactics all wrong for 45 minutes, then spent the following 45 trying to make up for his mistakes. Therein lies the story of this 2-2 draw.
West Ham treated Brighton with the sort of respect you’d show Barcelona. At home to a goal-shy side, they fielded an unambitious back five and the XI was distinctly defensive.
It was asking for trouble and 1-0 down at half time, Moyes made changes. In replacing Mark Noble with Andriy Yarmolenko and Jarrod Bowen with Manuel Lanzini, West Ham woke up.
Tomas Soucek (right) scored a late header to rescue a 2-2 draw for West Ham against Brighton
Both were involved in Ben Johnson, the 20-year-old who has been with West Ham since the age of seven, equalising.