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Enzo Fernandez scored twice as 10-man Chelsea held on to beat Brighton in a thriller at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentine midfielder headed the Blues in front after 17 minutes and former Brighton loanee Levi Colwill doubled the lead four minutes later with his first Chelsea goal.
Facundo Buonanotte got one back for the visitors with a superb curling effort and they were right back in the game when Chelsea skipper Conor Gallagher was shown a second yellow card and sent off on the stroke of half-time.
However, Fernandez restored Chelsea’s two-goal advantage from the penalty spot midway through the second half.
Referee Craig Pawson had initially waved play on when James Milner challenged the breaking Mykhailo Mudryk inside the box but awarded the penalty after being sent to the screen by the video assistant referee.
Brighton continued to dominate possession but struggled to create the openings to really worry Chelsea until Joao Pedro pulled one back with a flicked header in the second minute of injury time.
The Seagulls were then given a penalty in the 10th additional minute for a handball by Colwill, only for VAR to intervene again and have the decision overturned as replays showed the ball hit the defender’s head rather than his outstretched arm.
Victory is just Chelsea’s second at home in the Premier League this season, while defeat means Brighton have now won just one of their last eight league games.
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Chelsea
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Squad number1Player nameSánchez
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Squad number2Player nameDisasi
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Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
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Squad number5Player nameBadiashile
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Squad number26Player nameColwill
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Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
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Squad number8Player nameFernández
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Squad number7Player nameSterling
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Squad number23Player nameGallagher
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Squad number10Player nameMudryk
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Squad number15Player nameJackson
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Squad number19Player nameBroja
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Squad number20Player namePalmer
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Squad number29Player nameMaatsen
Brighton & Hove Albion
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Squad number23Player nameSteele
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Squad number34Player nameVeltman
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Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
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Squad number3Player nameIgor Julio
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Squad number41Player nameHinshelwood
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Squad number20Player nameBaleba
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Squad number11Player nameGilmour
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Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
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Squad number14Player nameLallana
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Squad number24Player nameAdingra
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Squad number28Player nameFerguson
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Squad number6Player nameMilner
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Squad number9Player nameJoão Pedro
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Squad number13Player nameGroß
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Squad number22Player nameMitoma
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Squad number47Player nameBaker-Boaitey
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1SánchezBooked at 88mins
- 2Disasi
- 6Thiago Silva
- 5BadiashileBooked at 52mins
- 26Colwill
- 25Caicedo
- 8FernándezBooked at 59mins
- 7SterlingSubstituted forPalmerat 66′minutes
- 23GallagherBooked at 45mins
- 10MudrykSubstituted forBrojaat 81′minutes
- 15JacksonSubstituted forMaatsenat 72′minutes
Substitutes
- 11Madueke
- 19Broja
- 20Palmer
- 28Petrovic
- 29Maatsen
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 42Gilchrist
- 47Bergström
- 52Matos
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 34Veltman
- 29van Hecke
- 3dos Santos de PauloBooked at 58minsSubstituted forBaker-Boaiteyat 84′minutes
- 41HinshelwoodBooked at 45minsSubstituted forMilnerat 57′minutesBooked at 64mins
- 20BalebaSubstituted forGroßat 57′minutesBooked at 64mins
- 11Gilmour
- 40BuonanotteSubstituted forMitomaat 57′minutes
- 14LallanaSubstituted forJoão Pedroat 57′minutesBooked at 90mins
- 24Adingra
- 28Ferguson
Substitutes
- 1Verbruggen
- 6Milner
- 9João Pedro
- 13Groß
- 15Moder
- 22Mitoma
- 47Baker-Boaitey
- 52Kavanagh
- 55O’Mahony
Live Text
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Match ends, Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
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Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
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João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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VAR Decision: No Penalty Brighton and Hove Albion.
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Attempt saved. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Milner.
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Attempt saved. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Axel Disasi.
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Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Armando Broja (Chelsea).
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Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
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Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Adingra with a cross.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Axel Disasi.
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Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Adingra.
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Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Robert Sánchez.
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Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jan Paul van Hecke with a headed pass.
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Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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