57 minutes into Chelsea's 2-1 loss to Brighton, Frank Lampard had seen enough. His Blues team had been battered by Roberto De Zerbi's Seagulls and were lucky to be in the game. Conor Gallagher's deflected shot had given them the lead before Danny Welbeck equalised.
Before Julio Enciso fired the away side deservedly in front at Stamford Bridge, Lampard turned to his bench to try and get some form of grip on the game. At the hour mark the visitors had registered 19 shots to Chelsea's three, played over two times as many passes and took nearly twice as many touches.
Chelsea had tested Robert Sanchez just once whereas Kepa had been called upon eight times. It was perhaps the most dominant an away team had been at SW6 since January 2020 when Lampard's Chelsea were played off the park by Manchester City. That defeat all but cost him the job first time.
