From a wanting Newcastle to stay up perspective, I wasn't sure what I was wanting last night. I think Brighton are and were the better side, but then Palace did have 3 extra points on the board (before kick off).
Brighton's goal difference was -5 (compared to our -17), and their 6 league results before yesterday were:
Leeds 0 BHA 1
BHA 0 Fulham 0
BHA 1 Spurs 0
Liverpool 0 BHA 1
Burnley 1 BHA 1
BHA 0 Villa 0
So unbeaten in 6, 12 points picked up, obviously not many goals scored, but only 1 conceded. They were around 22-28/1 to go down, but I think a lot of that would have been on the assumption of extending their run over Palace. That was a bitter blow for them, no doubt about it, and they're now around 11/1 to go down, but I still find it hard to see them not picking up enough points/wins to have no real concerns, despite just being the one point ahead of us. They have WBA, Southampton and Newcastle in their next 4 games, so I think we'll know far more about their relegation credentials after that period.
I'd have been more confident of Palace sinking like a stone had they lost, but think that win all but confirms their safety.