Chelsea suffered a dangerous 3-1 defeat by Brighton on Saturday to proceed their detached begin to the season.
Regardless of being confronted with a number of absentees, the Blues had begun the sport positively and Enzo Fernandez put them in entrance within the first half.
Nevertheless, catastrophe struck when Trevoh Chalobah was dismissed early within the second interval and Danny Welbeck equalised for the Seagulls on 77 minutes.
Issues went from dangerous to worse for the Blues as Maxim De Cuyper appeared to have scored the winner in added time, earlier than Welbeck added one other even later to place stress on Enzo Maresca.
Each day Mail Sport’s KIERAN GILL was at Stamford Bridge and he has picked out some key speaking factors from the conflict.
Brighton accomplished a surprising 3-1 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday
It was a dangerous defeat for Chelsea and it continued their detached begin to the season
Chelsea’s ill-discipline prices them once more
With £262million price of Brighton signings within the Chelsea line-up, you may most likely guess the width of the grin that Tony Bloom was sporting in Stamford Bridge’s swish seats on excessive.
The Seagulls’ proprietor emptied the Blues’ pockets for Robert Sanchez, Marc Cucurella, Joao Pedro and Moises Caicedo, after which watched as Enzo Maresca’s aspect pulled their very own pants down for the second weekend in succession by failing to complete a match with 11 males.
Of their 2-1 loss to Manchester United, it was Sanchez who acquired a straight purple for denying a goalscoring alternative. Right here, it was Trevoh Chalobah who indulged in foolishness by fouling Diego Gomez after Andrey Santos had left his team-mate within the lurch.
Worse nonetheless, Chalobah’s purple means he shall be suspended for subsequent week’s go to of Liverpool, as if Maresca may afford to lose one other centre again. Chelsea will already be with out Tosin Adarabioyo and Wesley Fofana, and this comes after a summer time by which the Blues boss known as on his membership to signal him a central defender after Levi Colwill’s ACL harm.
Chelsea can’t proceed to show such ill-discipline, whereas Maresca will do effectively to emerge from this give up with out additional criticism for a way he reacts to reds.
Each substitution he made was defensive with Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho among the many attackers ignored on the bench. Fabian Hurzeler’s subs for Brighton helped, Maresca’s didn’t, and he had supporters close to his technical space branding him a coward when he swapped a winger in Pedro Neto for a defender in Benoit Badiashile. At full-time, boos rang spherical Stamford Bridge.
No matter success they loved in the summertime, after they have been topped world champions in america, Chelsea’s followers usually are not proud of the naivety now on present.
Every week after having Robert Sanchez despatched off, Trevoh Chalobah (No 23) was dismissed this time
Chelsea’s ill-discipline is just not serving to them, however Enzo Maresca’s ways are additionally beneath hearth
Brighton’s subsequent massive sale?
We thought Kaoru Mitoma is likely to be Brighton’s subsequent massive sale, however perhaps we ought to be turning our consideration to Yankuba Minteh.
The 21-year-old winger was their most harmful man general right here, making Cucurella’s life troublesome down the guests’ right-hand aspect.
When the half-time whistle went, Cucurella whispered a little bit one thing to Minteh whereas strolling by him.
Figuring out Cucurella’s combative nature, it was likelier to have been ‘is that each one you’ve bought?’ than ‘have mercy’.
Nevertheless it was Minteh’s cross for Danny Welbeck which secured Brighton’s equaliser right here, and if he continues to impress like this, greater sides will quickly have him on their radars.
Yankuba Minteh (proper) was sensible for Brighton and gave Marc Cucurella a tricky time
Dangerous luck strikes once more for Chelsea star
You need to really feel for Estevao Willian, Chelsea’s extraordinarily thrilling 18-year-old from Brazil. Twice now he has been pressured off the sector due to the idiocy of others.
At Previous Trafford, he was sacrificed following Sanchez’s purple. Right here, he was hooked once more after Chalobah’s dismissal.
Earlier than that, there was one second the place Estevao created an opportunity all on his personal, beginning with a nutmeg on Yasin Ayari.
His team-mates have been lower than happy that he didn’t sq. the ball as his try was blocked, nonetheless.
Estevao must get pictures away faster as a result of you don’t get time within the Premier League like within the Brazilian Serie A, however extra importantly, he may do together with his team-mates not being purple carded so he can stay on the pitch.
For the second week in a row Estevao Willian was substituted after a purple card for Chelsea
Chelsea’s subsequent goal?
When Gomez scored 4 objectives within the Carabao Cup in opposition to Barnsley in midweek, it didn’t take lengthy for followers to joke that Chelsea shall be in for him quickly sufficient. He ticks a number of packing containers, in spite of everything.
He’s 22 years outdated: tick. He’s South American: tick. He’s versatile: tick. He’s at Brighton: tick.
Gomez impressed at No 10 right here and was the one fouled for Chalobah’s purple card.
Diego Gomez impressed at No 10 right here after scoring an unbelievable 4 objectives in midweek
Blues chiefs’ considerations
Brighton’s gamers have been nonetheless celebrating their victory when the Chelsea hierarchy, led by co-owner Behdad Eghbali, made the lengthy march throughout the pitch to go to the altering room.
Similar to the followers, they too can’t be enthralled with Maresca’s ways of late even when massive gamers resembling Cole Palmer and Liam Delap are lacking.
Maresca took an hour to come back in to see the press after full-time after chatting with his squad on being their very own worst enemies.
