A brilliant goal by Brighton‘s Kaoru Mitoma and a Yankuba Minteh double gave the Seagulls a 3-0 Premier League home win over Chelsea on Friday, a week after they knocked their London visitors out of the FA Cup.
Mitoma broke the deadlock with a moment of magic midway through the first half, bringing down a long ball from keeper Bart Verbruggen with an exquisite first touch before cutting inside Trevoh Chalobah and curling the ball in at the far post.
Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez had a goal ruled out for a push on Joel Veltman before Minteh added the second in the 38th minute, keeping his cool and drilling the ball home after Chelsea failed to clear their lines, and the Gambian scored again in the 63rd minute to wrap up the three points.
Missing strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu through injury, Chelsea dominated possession but did not manage a single shot on target, and the defeat left them fourth in the table on 43 points, while Brighton moved up to eighth on 37 points.
