Graham Potter endured a nightmare instrumentality to Amex Stadium arsenic Brighton thrashed Chelsea to assertion a archetypal triumph nether their caller manager Roberto de Zerbi.
In a chaotic opening, Leandro Trossard's calm decorativeness enactment the location broadside successful beforehand aft Thiago Silva - who had already produced 2 goalline clearances to contradict the Seagulls - surrendered possession cheaply successful his ain half.
Two ain goals extended Brighton's pb earlier the break, Ruben Loftus-Cheek putting done his ain nett from a Solly March country earlier Trevoh Chalobah slid Pervis Estupinan's debased transverse past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Kai Havertz nodded successful Conor Gallagher's exquisite transverse to springiness the visitors anticipation 2 minutes aft the interval, but a second-half Chelsea betterment failed to materialise.
Pascal Gross capped a miserable day for Potter and his players with a close-range decorativeness successful second-half stoppage time.
The triumph lifts De Zerbi's broadside up to seventh, portion Chelsea enactment 5th aft suffering their archetypal decision of Potter's tenure.
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Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number4Player nameWebster
Squad number5Player nameDunk
Squad number30Player nameEstupiñán
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number10Player nameMac Allister
Squad number7Player nameMarch
Squad number14Player nameLallana
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number11Player nameTrossard
Squad number2Player nameLamptey
Squad number19Player nameSarmiento
Squad number20Player nameEnciso
Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
Squad number14Player nameChalobah
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number32Player nameCucurella
Squad number10Player namePulisic
Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
Squad number8Player nameKovacic
Squad number17Player nameSterling
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number19Player nameMount
Squad number29Player nameHavertz
Squad number9Player nameAubameyang
Squad number16Player nameMendy
Squad number18Player nameBroja
Squad number21Player nameChilwell
Squad number22Player nameZiyech
Line-ups
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Sánchez
- 13Groß
- 4Webster
- 5Dunk
- 30Estupiñán
- 25Caicedo
- 10Mac Allister
- 7March
- 14LallanaSubstituted forEncisoat 65'minutesBooked astatine 83mins
- 22MitomaSubstituted forLampteyat 73'minutes
- 11TrossardSubstituted forSarmientoat 87'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Lamptey
- 19Sarmiento
- 20Enciso
- 21Undav
- 23Steele
- 27Gilmour
- 43Turns
- 47Furlong
- 49Moran
Chelsea
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 1ArrizabalagaSubstituted forMendyat 45'minutes
- 14Chalobah
- 6Thiago Silva
- 32CucurellaSubstituted forChilwellat 64'minutes
- 10PulisicSubstituted forBrojaat 79'minutes
- 12Loftus-Cheek
- 8KovacicBooked astatine 11mins
- 17SterlingBooked astatine 50minsSubstituted forAubameyangat 63'minutes
- 23GallagherSubstituted forZiyechat 79'minutes
- 19Mount
- 29Havertz
Substitutes
- 5Jorginho
- 9Aubameyang
- 16Mendy
- 18Broja
- 20Zakaria
- 21Chilwell
- 22Ziyech
- 28Azpilicueta
- 56Hutchinson
Live Text
Match ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Chelsea 1.
Attempt missed. Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container is precocious and wide to the right. Assisted by Pervis Estupiñán.
Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 4, Chelsea 1. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the bottommost near corner.
Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is saved successful the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the bottommost close corner. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
Corner, Chelsea. Conceded by Pervis Estupiñán.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Jeremy Sarmiento replaces Leandro Trossard.
Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Chelsea) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is precocious and wide to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellowish paper for a atrocious foul.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Trevoh Chalobah (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Julio Enciso (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Ben Chilwell (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear connected the near wing.
Foul by Solly March (Brighton and Hove Albion).
Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion).
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