Carlos Baleba watched the ball bend into top corner and then off he went with a backflip and a somersault while the rest of his Brighton team-mates scattered in all directions.
Fabian Hurzeler’s side weren’t just happy to settle for a point when Kaoru Mitoma had headed in his last-minute equaliser after Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soueck thought they had secured an unexpected comeback for West Ham.
Brighton continued to push and when Brajan Gruda found Baleba 30 yards out, the Cameroon international whipped it past a motionless Alphonse Areola to send the Amex Stadium into raptures to secure first win in six league games.