BRIGHTON came from down to dump Chelsea retired of the FA Cup with Kaoru Mitoma’s perfectly placed spot securing a 2-1 triumph for the Seagulls astatine the Amex stadium.
A fiery opening to the crippled saw 2 goals successful the opening 12 minutes. Bart Verbruggen inexplicably misjudged Cole Palmer’s transverse and turned the shot into his ain nett to manus Chelsea a 1-0 pb 5 minutes in.
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Christopher Nkunku disappointed against BrightonAlamyBrighton, however, bounced backmost accelerated acknowledgment to a perfectly placed Georginio Rutter header.
It was a fiery remainder of the archetypal half, without either broadside truly creating galore chances. Both sides were flying into the challenges however, with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Joel Veltman some picking up yellowish cards for hefty tackles.
It didn’t instrumentality agelong for Brighton to spell successful beforehand successful the 2nd half. The Seagulls escaped a imaginable handball outcry earlier Kaoru Mitoma chipped ex-Brighton keeper Robert Sanchez to enactment the location broadside up successful the 57th minute.
Chelsea ne'er looked similar forcing a mode backmost into the crippled aft going behind, with the deficiency of a extremity scoring striker up apical truly hurting Enzo Maresca’s side.
But however did Chelsea’s players fare? Who was the biggest fto down and who was the champion of the worst? Check retired SunSport’s subordinate ratings beneath for more:
Robert Sanchez – 5
Back successful the broadside aft being dropped by Enzo Maresca aft a fig of errors this season. The Spaniard looked shaky connected the shot astatine the commencement of the crippled but seemed to brushwood disconnected his nerves arsenic the lucifer developed.
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Nothing helium could bash astir Brighton’s opener with Georginio Rutter’s perfectly-placed header flying past him.
Perhaps a small dilatory disconnected his enactment for the Seaulls’ winner, but instrumentality thing distant from Kaoru Mitoma’s perfectly-executed chip.
Malo Gusto – 5
Worked tirelessly charging up and down the close flank for Chelsea, but failed to person overmuch joyousness going guardant oregon defensively.
Struggled to woody with the unsafe Kaoru Mitoma passim the game, and was caught napping retired of presumption for the Japanese forward’s winner.
Tosin Adarabioyo – 5
Alongside Trevoh Chalobah, was blameworthy of allowing Georginio Rutter to drift into abstraction to occurrence location Brighton’s aboriginal equaliser.
Played immoderate assured passes astatine times, but besides looked similar a walking mistake connected the shot astatine times. Was caught successful possession connected the halfway enactment by Georginio Rutter which astir led to a Brighton goal.
Trevoh Chalobah – 6
Equally arsenic liable for Brighton’s opening extremity alongside his centre-back partner, allowing Rutter a escaped header successful the box.
Was much composed connected the shot than Tosin Adarabioyo passim the game, however, and already looks similar Chelsea’s champion centre-back aft being recalled from loan.
Marc Cucurella – 6
The pantomime villain of the evening astatine the Amex Stadium, with Brighton fans spending the afloat 90 minutes booing their ex-player everytime helium got a clasp of the ball.
Was coagulated passim the game, though failed to person the attacking interaction that helium has had for Chelsea successful caller games.
Moises Caicedo – 6
Looked to beryllium moving a one-man midfield earlier Enzo Fernandez was introduced successful the 2nd half.
Worked tirelessly but was intelligibly frustrated with his side’s efforts, putting successful a mates of nasty tackles which led to him being booked.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – 4
A uncommon commencement for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall astatine Chelsea this season, and successful truth, helium failed to instrumentality advantage.
A precise mediocre situation aboriginal connected saw the midfielder booked, and helium failed to person immoderate interaction connected his broadside going guardant oregon defensively successful the archetypal half.
Was substituted 15 minutes into the 2nd fractional for Enzo Fernandez successful the aftermath of Brighton’s 2nd goal.
Pedro Neto – 5
An wounded interest midway done the archetypal half, which successful information helium ne'er rather looked to shingle off.
Looked assured and had the amended of Tariq Lamptey, often beating his full-back. His last ball, however, was sorely lacking passim the match, with a fig of crosses flying implicit everyone
Cole Palmer – 6
Played his portion successful Chelsea’s opener with a first-time transverse into the container – though it’s hard to people that extremity down arsenic thing different than a Bart Verbruggen howler.
Looked similar helium was missing his regular attacking spouse Nicolas Jackson, with a wide deficiency of transportation with Christopher Nkunku up top.
Jadon Sancho – 5
Looked uninterested for ample parts of the archetypal half, and failed to adjacent down Joel Veltman, who whipped successful the transverse for Brighton’s opener.
He picked up successful the 2nd fractional with immoderate nonstop dribbling, though ne'er managed to find the last ball.
Christopher Nkunku – 2
It’s hard not to consciousness atrocious for Christopher Nkunku, with the guardant looking wholly mislaid successful Enzo Maresca’s system.
It genuinely seemed similar helium wasn’t connected the transportation astatine times, with the Frenchman missing successful enactment for ample parts of the game.
The 1 wide accidental helium had moving done connected goal, helium bizarrely elected to transverse the shot alternatively than person an effort himself.
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Enzo Fernandez (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 59) – 7
Brought an aerial of power to Chelsea’s midfield which was sorely lacking before. Played a fewer bully passes with the abbreviated clip helium had connected the pitch.
Nothing came of his efforts, though possibly the effect would person been antithetic for Chelsea had helium started the game.
Tyrique George (Jadon Sancho, 73) – 5
Spurned a large accidental implicit the bar, and different than that failed to person immoderate impact.
Noni Madueke (Pedro Neto, 73) – 6
Barely saw immoderate of the shot aft helium was introduced.
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