Newcastle made the long trek to Brighton on Tuesday evening for a game between the top two teams in the Championship.
With the Magpies trailing to a first-half Glenn Murray penalty, the pressure was mounting on Rafa Benitez's men with a trip to third-placed Huddersfield coming up on Saturday.
Step forward midfielder Mohamed Diame, who produced what will go down as one of THE goals of the season.
Brighton goalkeeper David Stockdale could only produce a weak punch in attempting to clear an 81st-minute corner, it fell to Christian Atsu who completely fluffed his first-time effort from the edge of the box.