Chelsea 1-3 Brighton: View from the pressbox

Sussex World correspondent Sam Morton gives his view on Brighton's 3-1 comeback win at Chelsea

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00:00Hello, I'm Sam Morton, reporter for Sussex World.

00:03I've just watched Brighton beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.

00:07It was a brilliant comeback victory for Brighton,

00:09who were not very good in the first half, it's got to be said.

00:12Chelsea were dominant and deserved to be ahead

00:15through Enzo Fernandes' header after 24 minutes.

00:18But a red card at the start of the second half absolutely changed the game.

00:21It was Trevor Chaliba who brought Diego Gomez down on the edge of the box,

00:25somehow not seen in real time, and VAR was needed to intervene.

00:29And Simon Hooper, the referee, was told to check his pit side monitor

00:32and he gave Chaliba his marching orders.

00:36Diego Gomez was destined to score when that foul happened

00:40and he put his free kick over the bar.

00:42But you felt that from then on, Brighton were the more likely team to go on

00:46and probably win it, and that's what happened.

00:48And it was Danny Welbeck that came on to score the equaliser.

00:52It was a brilliant header from Yankouba Mintz's cross.

00:54And then it was Maxime de Kuiper, another substitute, that scored for 2-1.

01:00And he was only on the pitch a matter of minutes before getting that goal.

01:04And it was a lovely in-swinging cross from Yassin Uyari,

01:08the Matsuifa, headed back across goal and nodded in by de Kuiper.

01:12And Brighton weren't done there.

01:13Welbeck again with a sensational kind of finish into the top left corner.

01:18It was a bit like his goal against Newcastle in the FA Cup last season.

01:23A proper striker's goal once again.

01:25And he's just showing that he's just a timeless striker

01:26that can still keep scoring goals at the top level.

01:32And it was a brilliant comeback for Brighton again.

01:35And just excellent to see.

01:37And once again, three wins in a row now against Chelsea.

01:40They really know how to beat Chelsea,

01:42despite obviously the Blues having four former Albion players in the team.

01:46Shao Pedro up front, started for the first time against Brighton.

01:49And there's definitely no love lost there between the fans

01:53who gave them a bit of a hard time as well

01:55with some other former players in Cucurea,

01:57Kai Sado and Rob Sanchez.

01:59So a brilliant afternoon for Brighton,

02:01who will absolutely love getting another one over their modern-day rivals.

02:05So see all of our play ratings and match reaction at sussexworld.co.uk.