EPL: How Brighton thrashed Chelsea

Chelsea suffered their first defeat under their new manager Graham Potter and it was against his former club Brighton.

In a post-match statement, Brighton manager, Roberto Di Zerbi, has revealed how his side defeated the Blues.

Di Zerbi said that he specifically targeted two Chelsea players during their 4-1 win on Saturday.

Leandro Trossard put Brighton in the early lead before two own goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah ruin the Blues’ chances of equalising.

Kai Havertz managed to score one goal for Chelsea, but Pascal Gross added more, as the Seagull ended up winning all three points.

All through the match, Brighton found joy down the flanks, with Pervis Estupinan and Kaoru Mitoma raiding down the left and Solly March causing problems down the right.

While Potter played Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling in wing-back roles, De Zerbi exploited Chelsea’s outside centre-backs Chalobah and Marc Cucurella.

“We prepared the game one-to-one with Mitoma with Chalobah and one-to-one Solly March against Cucurella.

“But Trossard was fantastic, Adam Lallana the same. All the players were fantastic,” he told Brighton’s website.