BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Teenage striker Evan Ferguson scored with a clever back-heel as Brighton & Hove Albion kept their Champions League qualification hopes alive with a 2-0 Premier League victory over struggling Bournemouth on Tuesday.
Ferguson, 18, produced an audacious shot on 28 minutes as he flicked Kaoru Mitoma's low cross into the net to score his fourth goal of the season.
Brighton are in sixth place in the table with 46 points from 27 games, four points behind Newcastle United in third, while Bournemouth remain in the bottom three with 27 points from 29 matches.
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