47 mins: Garnacho is involved straight away. The winger comes in off the touchline but can’t work the shot. He sets up Lavia, but he shoots over the bar.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 21:05
HALF TIME! Brighton 1-0 Chelsea
A change is coming for Chelsea. Garnacho for Fofana, and a change back to their usual system.
Second half is coming up.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 21:02
HALF TIME! Brighton 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea’s effort on goal shot came after 40 minutes and they did not manage a single shot on target.
“It was embarrassingly woeful,” says the former Brighton and Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell on Sky Sports.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:55
HALF TIME! Brighton 1-0 Chelsea
Brighton have been totally dominant and should be out of sight. But the hosts, who are going above Chelsea into sixth as things stands, have been unable to add to Kadioglu’s opener inside four minutes.
For Chelsea, the good news it’s only 1-0. That’s it, that’s the good news. They have been so, so bad. Dismal. Woeful.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:47
42 mins: Sanchez boots the ball straight out of play for maybe the fourth time tonight. The goalkeeper has been a disaster with the ball at his feet.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:44
40 mins: Neto wins a corner and from it, Chelsea get their first shot of the match. Chalobah’s effort is blocked, though. Neto jogs over to take a throw-in but looks fuming at his team-mates.
“We want our club back,” chant the away fans, not for the first time tonight.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:42
38 mins: Chelsea have now gone seven hours in the Premier League without scoring a goal.
(Reuters)
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:38
36 mins: More cheers from the Brighton fans as Sanchez kicks the ball out of play looking for Neto. Nothing, nothing has gone right for Chelsea so far.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:37
32 mins: Chelsea are struggling to string any passes together. Despite their absences, Chelsea still have Caicedo, Fernandez and Lavia in midfield but they are being dominated by Brighton’s press. The set-up is just not right and it would not be a surprise to see Rosenior rip up his gameplan at half-time, or earlier.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:34
28 mins: It’s getting heated between former team-mates Gross and Caicedo, with the referee breaking the former Brighton colleagues up. Fernandez is then caught from behind and is left in a heap rubbing the back of his foot.
Jamie Braidwood21 April 2026 20:29