Graham Potter returned to his former side Brighton & Hove Albion hoping to continue the unbeaten form, but was embarrassed as the Seagulls went on to win 4-1 at the Amex Stadium.
From the get go Brighton came on top and started the better game. But it has to be said that the Chelsea defence were exceptional poor too. Thiago Silva came to the rescue as he made two goal line clearances – one from his own mistake to deny the hosts an early goal.
But it was again the veteran defender who gave away the ball which lead to Leandro Trossard opening Brighton’s account for the match. Less than 10 minutes later. They doubled their lead through Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s own goal. After that, Chelsea came close to scoring a few times only for players like Christian Pulisic and Conor Gallagher to miss relatively easy chances to get the visitors back in the game.
Just before the half time, the match pretty much came to an end after Trevoh Chalobah’s own goal tripled Roberto De Zerbi’s side’s lead and piled on the misery. In the second half, CFC started better and scored early on through Kai Havertz’s header, although that was pretty much the end of the challenge. BHAFC’s defence was resolute and Chelsea kept missing chances showcasing the biggest issue thats needs resolving. Here’s how each Blue fared in a dismal performance: