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Kieran Horn

Why former Chelsea defender feels sorry for Marc Cucurella amid Graham Potter's Brighton mistake

Chelsea manager Graham Potter has been heavily scrutinised for his tactical decisions regarding one particular Chelsea player this weekend following his side's humbling 4-1 defeat to his former club Brighton on Saturday.

Marc Cucurella, who joined the club from the Seagulls in the summer, has struggled to recapture the same form that saw him crowned as Brighton's player of the year last season, with the Spaniard not lasting more than 65 minutes in any of his last five Premier League appearances, despite starting in all of them.

Potter is clearly trying to replicate the same success he had with wingers at wingback, with Cucurella on the left of the back three, despite his blistering pace and precise final delivery, but the players he has at his disposal are very different to the ones he had on the south coast.

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