Chelsea suffer fifth loss in row without scoring as Brighton coastpublished at 08:11 BST
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Brighton 3-0 Chelsea
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Brighton produced a dominant 3-0 win to leapfrog Chelsea in the Premier League, boosting their European hopes while piling further misery on struggling visiting head coach Liam Rosenior.
The Seagulls overwhelmed Chelsea in the opening stages of the match.
Kaoru Mitoma almost replicated his goal at Tottenham last weekend, volleying Pascal Gross’ shot first time, only for Robert Sanchez to make the save inside the opening two minutes.
Brighton then scored from the resulting corner when Kadioglu struck a low volley after capitalising on a loose attempted clearance by Jorrel Hato from Gross’ delivery in the third minute.
Chelsea were eventually punished again, as Hinshelwood made amends by sweeping home Brighton’s second goal in the 56th minute from Rutter’s pass.
There were late attempts from Alejandro Garnacho and fellow substitute Marc Guiu, who both fired wide late on, but Brighton could have scored more in the second half through two saved Kadioglu shots.
And they did get a third when two substitutes combined down the left, with Maxim de Cuyper feeding Welbeck to fire home his 13th goal of the season into the roof of the net.