Brighton got here from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1 after the Blues had a participant despatched off for the second Saturday in a row.
Danny Welbeck and Maxim de Cuyper each scored in added time to punish Chelsea, who had been diminished to 10 males when Trevoh Chalobah was proven a purple card within the 53rd minute.
Chelsea had appeared snug within the first half. Enzo Fernandez gave them the lead when his header from Reece James’s cross deflected off Kaoru Mitoma and into the web.
However Mitoma helped flip the sport round. He gained the ball from Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos, making his first Premier League begin, earlier than Chalobah introduced down Georginio Rutter with a determined deal with. After a VAR evaluate, Chalobah was despatched off – only a week after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was dismissed towards Manchester United.
Brighton took full benefit. Welbeck got here off the bench to move within the equaliser within the 77th minute. De Cuyper then put the guests forward from a nook early in stoppage time, earlier than Welbeck struck once more from shut vary to seal the win.
Chelsea, now with no league victory because the worldwide break, drop to seventh place and had been booed by some followers at full-time. They face Liverpool subsequent at Stamford Bridge.
Brighton, in the meantime, climb into tenth after one other sturdy outcome towards a top-six facet.
