Graham Potter’s worst-case scenario on his return to Brighton came true as his Chelsea side were comfortably beaten 4-1 by the Seagulls on Saturday. Goals from Leandro Trossard and Pascal Gross sandwiched two unfortunate own goals from Trevoh Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek as Potter suffered his first loss as Blues boss.
After a horrendous first half for Chelsea, which saw them 3-0 behind, hope was restored at the beginning of the second half when Kai Havertz powered home Conor Gallagher's cross but the damage had already been done and the defeat was compounded by Gross' goal in added time.
From the opening whistle, Chelsea were completely overwhelmed by Brighton and were fortunate to not be behind before Trossard opened the scoring after just five minutes with Thiago Silva making two goal line clearances.
