A goal brilliant by BrightonKaoru Mitoma and a double Yankuba Minteh gave Seagulls a 3-0 victory at home in the Premier League against Chelsea on Friday, a week after eliminating their London visitors from the FA Cup.
Mitoma broke the dead end with a moment of magic halfway from the first half, dropping a long ball from goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen with a first exquisite touch before cutting Trevoh Chalobah and curling the ball to the distant post.
Enzo Fernandez de Chelsea excluded a goal for a push on Joel Veltman before Minteh added the second in the 38th minute, keeping his cool and drilling the ball at home after Chelsea did not succeed in Erase their lines, and the Gambian scored again in the 63rd minute to wrap the three points.
The missing attackers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu by injury, Chelsea dominated possession but did not succeed a single shot on the target, and the defeat left them fourth in the table on 43 points, while Brighton went to the eighth with 37 points.
