'Percy Tau is class' - Brighton & Hove Albion fans left excited after South African's debut at Manchester City

A valiant Brighton & Hove Albion lost 1-0 to Manchester City – but most of the post-match reaction on social media pointed in the direction of one man.
Brighton & Hove Albion's Percy Tau. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)Brighton & Hove Albion's Percy Tau. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Brighton & Hove Albion's Percy Tau. (Photo by LAURENCE GRIFFITHS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Percy Tau made his first Premier League appearance for the Seagulls and it's fair to say Albion fans were left more than impressed by his performance.

The South African played 68 minutes before being replaced by Neal Maupay in a game that was decided by Phil Foden’s first-half strike.

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Raheem Sterling then missed a late penalty as Brighton remain three points outside the bottom three.

Scroll down to see just some of the Twitter reaction after the game:

@BhaHarvey_: Tau is class is what we've learnt.

@bhafcdan: Tau is genuinely unbelievable, the South Africans were right.

@wigsyb: Quality performance from the boys, proud of them. We go again against Leeds. Start Percy and the Mac again.

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@Samuel26Murray: Solid performance. Well organised and put the effort in. Tau and Mac Allister in particular looked sharp

@Joshroutley6: We played well tactics were spot on can’t ask for anything more really

@bevmitchell2801: Our best performance in months, shame it was undone by a decent strike from Foden.

@KerrenGarner: Played really well lads. Shame not to get a point. Bring it at Leeds #BHAFC

@JamesBHAFC: Can't even complain we played well.

@CNSD17: Better than it has been, good too see some fight again, Tau made a huge difference.