Brighton & Hove Albion Saturday welcomed back their former coach Graham Potter, as they put four past his new team, Chelsea at the Amex Stadium.
Brighton & Hove Albion with a well-prepared game plan by new manager Roberto de Zerbi, wasted no time in launching an all-out attack and fast pressing game against their former coach, which saw them taking the lead early in the fist half.
In a chaotic opening, Leandro Trossard’s calm finish put the home side in front after Thiago Silva who had already produced two goalline clearances to deny the Seagulls surrendered possession cheaply in his half.
Two own goals extended Brighton’s lead before the break, Ruben Loftus-Cheek putting through his own net from a Solly March corner before Trevoh Chalobah slid Pervis Estupinan’s low cross past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Kai Havertz nodded in Conor Gallagher’s exquisite cross to give the visitors hope two minutes after the interval, but a second-half Chelsea recovery failed to materialise.
Pascal Gross capped a miserable afternoon for Potter and his players with a close-range finish in second-half stoppage time.
The victory lifts De Zerbi’s side up to seventh, while Chelsea stays fifth after suffering their first defeat of Potter’s tenure.