Chelsea equal their worst-ever record in emphatic 3-0 defeat at Brighton
Chelsea suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion within the Premier League on the Amex Stadium on Tuesday night.
Kaoru Mitoma might’ve damaged the impasse contained in the opening three minutes after he acquired onto Pascal Gross’ cross on the again submit, however his volley was palmed away by Robert Sanchez.
From the ensuing nook, Ferdi Kadioglu reacted quickest within the field and rifled a volley dwelling to open the scoring.
Within the fifteenth minute, Jan Paul Van Hecke virtually doubled the host’s lead after he met Gross’ cross, however his header was stored out by Sanchez.
Moments later, a poor error from Sanchez handed the ball to Yankuba Minteh, who picked out Jack Hinshelwood, just for Trevoh Chalobah to heroically clear off the road.
Two minutes after the restart, Chelsea produced their first actual attacking second, as Romeo Lavia virtually restored parity for the Blues, however his effort from vary flashed simply previous the submit.
Regardless of the guests’ vibrant begin to the second half, Hinshelwood doubled the Seagulls’ lead within the 56th minute, ending off a blistering counterattack.
Simply previous the hour mark, Mitoma got here near scoring Brighton’s third after he teed himself up for a volley, however his effort flashed extensive of the highest nook.
Moments later, Sanchez was known as into motion, making two very good stops to thwart Kadioglu.
On the different finish, Alejandro Garnacho noticed his curling effort sail extensive of the far submit as Chelsea looked for a approach again into the sport.
On the stroke of full-time, Danny Welbeck accomplished the scoring, ending off De Cuyper’s cross.
The outcome sees Chelsea droop to a fifth straight league defeat with out discovering the online for the first time since 1912.