Graham Potter Records First Loss As Brighton Thrash Chelsea 4-1
Graham Potter records first loss as Brighton thrash chelsea 4-1 at the Amex stadium on Saturday.
Potter had gone nine games without defeat since leaving Brighton to take charge of the Blues.
Brighton raced into a commanding half-time lead, with own goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah compounding Potter’s misery following Leandro Trossard’s early opener.
Kai Havertz pulled a goal back just after half-time but Pascal Gross’s late strike rubbed salt into Potter’s wounds.
Potter was jeered when he stepped off the Chelsea team bus and endured mocking, if unrealistic, chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” from the Brighton faithful through his side’s dismal display.
After securing their place in the Champions League last 16 with a midweek win in Salzburg, Chelsea looked lethargic right from the start of their first defeat against Brighton since 1933.
Chelsea captain Thiago Silva had already twice been forced to head off his own goal-line, first to deny Trossard and then Pervis Estupinan, when Brighton took a fifth minute lead.
Japan winger Kaoru Mitoma claimed the assist on his full Premier League debut, picking out Trossard, who rounded Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to claim his seventh goal of the season.
