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62 min: This is able to usually be the stage the place you’d count on Chelsea to make modifications. However a fast look on the guests’ bench – Sanchez, Adarabioyo, Dewsbury-Corridor, James, Anselmino, George, Acheampong, Amougou – doesn’t fill one with inspiration.

61 min: Brighton are actually hitting their groove. Baleba and Rutter are trying significantly slick in midfield.

59 min: Gusto, who has regarded a bit of ragged since that Baleba deal with, is struggling. One other harm for Chelsea. Gusto hobbles to the sideline clutching his hip. I feel he could proceed, though Reece James is primed on the bench.

57 min: Chelsea are making use of stress with possession and the occasional cross into the field, however Brighton – defending in a low-ish block – haven’t afforded the guests any vital probabilities.

55 min: Have all the time cherished Mitoma however should say I used to be stunned that Brighton rejected a £75m bid for Mitoma in January, particularly as they’ve Adingra in reserve. How mistaken I used to be. The Japanese will flip 28 in Might, however apparently had no intention of leaving for Saudi Arabia. Good on him.

53 min: It’s been a sluggish begin to the second half. Chelsea’s Cucurella, previously of Brighton, continues to be getting booed each time he touches the ball. Caicedo, curiously, has escaped the identical therapy.

51 min: Proper on remedy, Minteh sprints away from Cucurella on Brighton’s proper wing, retrieves the ball and cuts the ball again to Rutter, who shoots excessive and large. The previous Leeds man had extra time than he realised.

49 min: Can somebody please inform me what has occurred to Simon Adingra this season? He’s such a expertise, however actually appears to be off it. I suppose the emergence/arrival of Minteh has had one thing to do with it.

A 12 months in the past, virtually precisely to the day, Adingra was named younger participant of the event at Afcon 2023, and supplied the help for Ivory Coast’s profitable aim within the remaining. Now, he can’t get on this Brighton group.

47 min: Baleba may be very harshly penalised for tackling Gusto. Chelsea have a free kick in a promising space, however Brighton step up and depend about 5 visiting gamers offside.

Peeeeeeeeep!

“My favorite teammate’s aim response is Sergio Reguilon to Eric Lamela’s rabona within the NLD”, emails George Ronczy.

Yep, that’s a very good shout. Not a response to a aim, however Anthony Gardner’s response to a Adel Taarabt nutmeg (whereas the Moroccan was at Tottenham) is an all-timer. Gardner simply regarded away and stopped watching the sport in astonishment. Filthy.

Half-time studying:

Half-time: Brighton 2-0 Chelsea

48 min: After a sluggish begin wherein he let Palmer have acres of area, Baleba has quietly been glorious for Brighton, extinguishing fires round Brighton’s penalty field when Chelsea threatened to create a gap.

45 min: 4 minutes added on right here. Chelsea will wish to nick one earlier than the half is out.

“The response of Mitoma’s teammates to that aim is kind of candy,” emails Tom Atkins. “There’s an actual disbelief and pleasure on their faces that jogs my memory of a aim scored by Dennis Bergkamp in opposition to Sunderland in 1997, the place the pitch facet digicam clearly picks up Paul Merson laughing ‘what a f***ing aim!’”

One of many nice Premier League celebrations, this. Pure impudence.

For context, I might say Mitoma’s aim was higher. It’s the very best aim I’ve seen all season.

44 min: Yellow card for Caicedo, who brings former teammate Mitoma down in midfield with an ill-timed slide. It was not with out pressure, however unintentional and yellow might be the best color.

42 min: Numerous good Chelsea build-up once more, however no medical edge to the guests’ play. Neat interaction units up Gusto on the sting of Brighton’s field, and the best again hits a left-footed shot excessive and large. All fart, no … you realize the remainder.

Chelsea have had 71% possession, and no pictures on the right track.

40 min: “Can we play you each week?” taunt the Brighton followers?

GOAL! Brighton 2-0 Chelsea (Minteh 38)

CHELSEA GOAL DISALLOWED!

32 min: The fantastic thing about soccer. Chelsea, by far the higher group, discover themselves behind.

30 min: That Mitoma aim belongs alongside the Suárez aim v Newcastle when it comes to first touches immediately resulting in a aim. I cannot be informed in any other case.

Ooooooooooooh, good lord. What a aim. It’s route one stuff as Verbruggen hoofs one lengthy into the night time’s sky. Mitoma sprints ahead, watching the flight of the ball over his shoulder – and I imply actually from behind his again excessive of Mitoma’s head onto his proper foot. Mitoma cushions the ball prefer it a bean bag, like it’s the best factor on this planet and in a single motion, takes a contact away from the trailing Cholabah earlier than ending cooly previous Jorgensen. From first contact to nestling within the nook, the three superb Mitoma touches took a mere two seconds. However this aim is all in regards to the first contact, one for the ages. One-nil to Brighton!

GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Chelsea (Mitoma 27)

26 min: Palmer is beginning to pull the strings for Chelsea, twice enjoying by way of balls that will make Jason Statham shed a tear.

England supervisor Thomas Tuchel watches on from the stands. How will the German use Palmer in subsequent month’s internationals?

24 min: Mitoma has his first actual oppotunity to run at Gusto, however the Japanese stumbles simply as he enters Chelsea’s penalty space.

22 min: Neto has switched to the best flank for Chelsea, and Sancho will play on the left. Lamptey, enjoying left-back tonight for Brighton, makes a very good early deal with on Neto.

20 min: Madueke seems like he has pulled his hamstring and goes to want to return off! Chelsea’s harm woes proceed! Their solely attacker on the subs bench, Sancho, will come on.

18 min: Chelsea once more break down that proper flank, with Madueke springing away from Lamptey. Once more the ball is in the reduction of to Palmer, fully unmarked on the sting of Brighton’s space once more, however the English playmakers skews uncharacteristically large! That was an actual likelihood! The place on earth have been Hinshelwood or Baleba?!

16 min: Lamptey, a former Chelsea participant in fact, is clattered by Colwill however referee Chris Kavanagh waves play on! Fabian Hürzeler is livid on the sidelines, bouncing round on the sidelines like a kangaroo on an area hopper.

13 min: Huge likelihood for Brighton! Welbeck pounces on a unfastened ball and races by way of on aim, albeit from an acute angle. Simply because the striker is shaping to shoot, Caicedo makes an enormous sliding deal with to ship the ball behind for a Brighton nook.

10 min: Cucurella upends Minteh and is probably a bit of fortunate to flee a reserving. The house crowd should not finest happy.

8 min: Chelsea haven’t carved out an apparent likelihood however they’re clearly within the temper. Palme, Madueke and Gusto have already created loads of promising openings with out making a golden likelihood. But it surely seems like a matter of time for the time being.

6 min: Palmer finds one other pocket of area, this time on the best wing, turning Webster inside out however his cross is intercepted and cleared by the very proficient Baleba, who certainly already has this chant at Brighton?

4 min: An excellent counter-attack from Chelsea! Chalobah is pinned proper as Brighton try a high-press however Chelsea discover their manner out of it as Madueke backheels cleverly to launch Gusto. The French full-back canters 60 yards up the best full-back, with Hinshelwood unable to maintain up, earlier than a cut-back finds Palmer in oceans of area on the sting of Brighton’s space … the shot flies over.

2 min: One other former Brighton participant in Chelsea’s all-black away package tonight, Marc Cucurella, is roundly booed by the house followers at any time when he touches the ball. There are additionally some selection phrases directed on the Spaniard as he goes to take a throw-in, that I gained’t repeat right here.

Peeeeeeeeeep!

Former Brighton midfielder Moisés Caicedo is quietly having a completely barnstorming season for Chelsea. He has made extra tackles and interceptions mixed than some other midfielder within the Premier League, accomplished extra passes into the ultimate third than some other participant, gained the third-most duels of any participant.

These are the highlights from final Saturday’s FA Cup conflict.

Danny Welbeck is Brighton’s captain tonight. What a participant he’s, seemingly getting higher with age.

Brighton supervisor Fabian Hürzeler speaks to the cameras:

Welbeck is a task mannequin for the younger gamers and everybody on the membership. He has a very good feeling for depth and he is a superb participant on the pitch.

Additional to these Chelsea factors, right here’s Jacob Steinberg.

So Brighton captain Lewis Dunk is just not match, as anticipated. Adam Webster is available in alongside Van Hecke. Joao Pedro is once more on the bench, and Wieffer can be among the many subs after a nine-game absence.

From that squad, Chelsea actually do not need a wealth of attacking choices. Nkunku actually struggled within the FA Cup final weekend in opposition to Brighton, however Maresca persists/has no selection right here. The one senior ‘attacker’ on Chelsea’s bench is Jadon Sancho and he’s in fact a large man.

Attention-grabbing that Chalobah will get the nod forward of Tosin Adarabioyo in central defence. It appears mad that Chelsea’s squad feels mild after £1bn over spending for the reason that Boehly period started.

The groups!

Preamble