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Enzo Fernandez put Chelsea in front with his first Premier League goal of the seasonEnzo Fernandez scored twice as 10-man Chelsea held on to beat Brighton in a thriller at Stamford Bridge.
The Argentine midfielder headed the Blues in front after 17 minutes and former Brighton loanee Levi Colwill doubled the lead four minutes later with his first Chelsea goal.
Facundo Buonanotte got one back for the visitors with a superb curling effort and they were right back in the game when Chelsea skipper Conor Gallagher was shown a second yellow card and sent off on the stroke of half-time.
However, Fernandez restored Chelsea's two-goal advantage from the penalty spot midway through the second half.
Referee Craig Pawson had initially waved play on when James Milner challenged the breaking Mykhailo Mudryk inside the box but awarded the penalty after being sent to the screen by the video assistant referee.
Brighton continued to dominate possession but struggled to create the openings to really worry Chelsea until Joao Pedro pulled one back with a flicked header in the second minute of injury time.
The Seagulls were then given a penalty in the 10th additional minute for a handball by Colwill, only for VAR to intervene again and have the decision overturned as replays showed the ball hit the defender's head rather than his outstretched arm.
Victory is just Chelsea's second at home in the Premier League this season, while defeat means Brighton have now won just one of their last seven league games.
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Chelsea
Squad number1Player nameSánchez
Squad number2Player nameDisasi
Squad number6Player nameThiago Silva
Squad number5Player nameBadiashile
Squad number26Player nameColwill
Squad number25Player nameCaicedo
Squad number8Player nameFernández
Squad number7Player nameSterling
Squad number23Player nameGallagher
Squad number10Player nameMudryk
Squad number15Player nameJackson
Squad number19Player nameBroja
Squad number20Player namePalmer
Squad number29Player nameMaatsen
Brighton & Hove Albion
Squad number23Player nameSteele
Squad number34Player nameVeltman
Squad number29Player namevan Hecke
Squad number3Player nameIgor Julio
Squad number41Player nameHinshelwood
Squad number20Player nameBaleba
Squad number11Player nameGilmour
Squad number40Player nameBuonanotte
Squad number14Player nameLallana
Squad number24Player nameAdingra
Squad number28Player nameFerguson
Squad number6Player nameMilner
Squad number9Player nameJoão Pedro
Squad number13Player nameGroß
Squad number22Player nameMitoma
Squad number47Player nameBaker-Boaitey
Line-ups
Chelsea
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1SánchezBooked at 88mins
- 2Disasi
- 6Thiago Silva
- 5Badiashile
- 26Colwill
- 25CaicedoBooked at 52mins
- 8FernándezBooked at 59mins
- 7SterlingSubstituted forPalmerat 66'minutes
- 23GallagherBooked at 45mins
- 10MudrykSubstituted forBrojaat 81'minutes
- 15JacksonSubstituted forMaatsenat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 11Madueke
- 19Broja
- 20Palmer
- 28Petrovic
- 29Maatsen
- 36de Souza Eugênio
- 42Gilchrist
- 47Bergström
- 52Matos
Brighton
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 23Steele
- 34Veltman
- 29van Hecke
- 3dos Santos de PauloBooked at 58minsSubstituted forBaker-Boaiteyat 84'minutes
- 41HinshelwoodBooked at 45minsSubstituted forMilnerat 57'minutesBooked at 64mins
- 20BalebaSubstituted forGroßat 57'minutesBooked at 64mins
- 11Gilmour
- 40BuonanotteSubstituted forMitomaat 57'minutes
- 14LallanaSubstituted forJoão Pedroat 57'minutesBooked at 90mins
- 24Adingra
- 28Ferguson
Substitutes
- 1Verbruggen
- 6Milner
- 9João Pedro
- 13Groß
- 15Moder
- 22Mitoma
- 47Baker-Boaitey
- 52Kavanagh
- 55O’Mahony
Live Text
Second Half ends, Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2.
João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card.
VAR Decision: No Penalty Brighton and Hove Albion.
Attempt saved. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by James Milner.
Attempt saved. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Axel Disasi.
Attempt saved. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match because of an injury Armando Broja (Chelsea).
Goal! Chelsea 3, Brighton and Hove Albion 2. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by James Milner with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Benoît Badiashile.
Attempt blocked. João Pedro (Brighton and Hove Albion) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Adingra with a cross.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Axel Disasi.
Attempt blocked. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Simon Adingra.
Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Robert Sánchez.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jan Paul van Hecke with a headed pass.
Robert Sánchez (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Pascal Groß (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Benicio Baker-Boaitey replaces Igor Julio.
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