Brighton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and final score tonight after Adam Webster goal earns point
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea: Thomas Tuchel’s side drop further points as winless Premier League run extends to four games
Follow live reaction after Chelsea dropped points for the fourth Premier League match in a row as they were held to a 1-1 draw by an impressive Brighton side at the Amex Stadium. Adam Webster’s bullet header from a corner pulled Brighton level on 59 minutes after Hakim Ziyech had given Chelsea the lead against the run of play midway through the first half.
The result means Chelsea are still yet to win a Premier League match in 2022 and it leaves them 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, who beat them 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, while having played a game more. Thomas Tuchel’s side are also a point behind Liverpool having played two games more than the second-placed side.
Chelsea were often second-best to Brighton and struggled to create many chances against Graham Potter’s side. Ziyech’s opener was a deflected strike from distance and Romelu Lukaku had another quiet game before being substituted on 79 minutes. Follow live reaction from Brighton vs Chelsea below:
Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea
43 mins: Good pressing from Lamptey sees him block Antonio Rudiger’s forward ball out for a Chelsea throw in deep in their own half.
Chance! The ball is played up to Ziyech who attempts to pass it across to Hudson-Odoi. Brighton intercept the pass but Lukaku gets it back and feeds it into the box for the wingback. Mount makes a run into the middle of the box and wants the ball but Hudson-Odoi shoots and sends it over the crossbar!
Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea
41 mins: Chance! Cucurella sends the ball up to Welbeck who takes it into the box. He drives at Azpilicueta before cutting inside and creating an angle to shoot. He fires a right-footed effort at goal but doesn’t catch it well and hoofs it over the goal.
Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea
38 mins: Gross picks out Moder in the box but he chooses to pass the ball backwards instead of taking a shot. The Seagulls come again with Cucurella played in down the left. He slots a cross towards the far side of the box but Lamptey leaps too early and can’t get a head to the ball.
Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea
35 mins: Chelsea burst forward on a counter-attack with Kante driving them forward. Mount sprints down the inside left but Kante’s pass across it too far out of reach and the ball rolls out for a Brighton throw in.
Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea
32 mins: Brighton respond by winning a free kick and whipping it into the box. Thiago Silva wins the initial header and Kepa Arrizabalaga comes out to claim the second ball.
GOAL! Brighton 0 - 1 Chelsea (Ziyech, 28’)⚽️
28 mins: Where has this come from?! Chelsea take the lead through Hakim Ziyech’s shot from outside the box. N’Golo Kante takes the ball into the penalty area and cuts it back to Ziyech. He comes inside and sets himself up for a left-footed strike. There’s a deflection off Alexis MacAllister and the ball sneaks past Robert Sanchez’s outstretched hand to finish in the bottom corner! Chelsea lead.
Brighton 0 - 0 Chelsea
27 mins: Chance! Steven Alzate is given the ball in the middle of the pitch and turns it towards the Chelsea goal. He gets a signal from Welbeck and chips it over the Chelsea defence as the striker makes a run into the box. The ball bounces up for him to shoot but he gets it all wrong and misses the ball, letting it roll behind for a goal kick.
Brighton 0 - 0 Chelsea
24 mins: Brighton are the team pushing forward in the opposition’s half. They’re trying to work the ball out wide to Lamptey and Cucurella but Chelsea are compact making it difficult to play through and around.
Welbeck is sent the ball as he comes out wide but Azpilicueta is quickly on top of him and boots the ball out for a throw in.
Brighton 0 - 0 Chelsea
21 mins: Tariq Lamptey intercepts a pass then breaks through the middle, and evades an attempted tackle from Jorginho. He plays it out wide but the Brighton attack comes to nothing.
Chelsea’s patient build-up sees them switch the play over to Alonso on the left wing. He whips a cross into the box but sends the ball straight into the hands of Sanchez.
Brighton 0 - 0 Chelsea
18 mins: Chelsea are starting to see more of the ball. Marcos Alonso injects a bit of pace into the Chelsea attack. He threads it up to Hudson-Odoi who takes the ball to the edge of the box. It’s played inside to Jorginho before coming up to Mount. Hudson-Odoi makes a run into the box and receives the ball but is tackled before he can shoot.
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