
There was a time not long ago when a Brighton player doing something even half this good would prompt a £60million bid from Chelsea almost by default. How Enzo Maresca must wish he had that option now.
With the goal of the Premier League season so far, Kaoru Mitoma inspired Brighton to victory here at the Amex for the second time in a week, and left Maresca looking on enviously as his twin crises - of results and forward options - deepened on the worst night of his reign.