Graham Potter’s winning streak as the Chelsea manager came to an end with the Blues suffering a 4-1 defeat away at Potter’s former club Brighton on Saturday.
MATCH PROCEEDINGS
Trossard’s one-two with Mitoma allowed the former to slot the ball into the empty net and make it 1-0 for the home side in the opening minutes of the game.
Brighton went on to enjoy the lion’s share of possession and reaped rewards with Ruben Loftus-Cheek bundling the ball into his own net.
Chelsea wasted an opportunity to get back into the game when Robert Sanchez denying Conor Gallagher from just eight yards out.
Kai Havertz’s left-footed shot was tipped round the post with Brighton’s Spanish goalkeeper Sanchez at his best to keep the Chelsea players at bay.
Brighton tripled their advantage before the break with a second own goal coming from the Chelsea defenders, this time Trevoh Chalobah at fault for diverting the ball beyond Kepa at the near post.
Chelsea scored in the early stages of the second period with Conor Gallagher picking out Kai Havertz with a teasing cross as the German found the back of the net with a powerful header.
Pascal Gross scored late on in stoppage time to make it 4-1 for Brighton and rubber stamp the three points for his side.
