The miserable training of Chelsea continues on Saturday, as they were left out of the FA CUP at the expense of Brighton and Hove Albion.
The first goal of Bart Verbruggen was as good as Chelsea, which was quickly captured by the head of Georginio Rutter. Kaoru Mitoma added a beautiful second in the second half, giving the gulls a victory that rarely seemed threatened.
As the game was deployed
Cole Palmer forced Verbruggen to slope in five minutes, but ended up marking from the next corner. A good step that happened in Palmer gave a broad space to the left to shoot on a low cross, and his effort clearly trapped Verbruggen as the Brighton Tap fell the ball on his own net.
It would take Brighton to only seven minutes to tie things. Joel Veltman’s cross was directed at home by Rutter’s head, which left Robert Sanchez without any possibility.
The tensions began to increase, with Brighton fans who dragged the old sailors Robert Sanchez, Marc Cucurella and Moises Caicedo, and this was spilled on the pitch, as a serious attack on yellow cards.
Brighton took the lead in the 57th minute through Mitoma. The loyal end did incredibly well to control a high pass and go through Sánchez’s goal, and his half volleyus evaded the Cucurella on the line, although the Blues were frustrated with potential. Handball that was lost in the accumulation.
The Chelsea had created nothing of the note at the best of the moments, but as the pressure increased, the Blues continued to look like. Brighton, who deserved in his misery, dealt with a good handful of visits from the Verbruggen network.
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With Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu, Enzo Maresca went to Christopher Nkunku to lead the line, and soon became clear what impact would have on Chelsea’s usual style.
Nkunku fell deeply to try to get involved in the accumulation. Although it was sometimes beneficial and caused some excellent runs behind Brighton’s defense in the first half, there were too many times when Chelsea It seemed that he lacked a central presence in front of the goal.
At the other end, Rutter showed Chelsea what was missing. The Frenchman, a January goal for the Blues, achieved a beautiful head and set the goal of Mitoma in what was a delicious individual.
For some weeks now, Chelsea fans have questioned the approach to the Maresca Enzo Games. The famous tactical configuration he promised to carry has only been half installed, but there has been less and less positive views on the pitch as the season has advanced.
In attack, Chelsea had no teeth. The fourth minute strike of Palmer was the only effort of the Blues to Target, as his side tried to convey Brighton to submission. They pass lenses and sideways after the slow and lateral pass did nothing more than Rile fans. Things were not much better at the back, and Chelsea’s configuration offered no real security.
Maresca must find a solution soon. His side of Leicester City supported a similar fall in shape last season at a very similar time, and the Italian stated enough the boat to seal the championship title. This season there will be no domestic silverware for Chelsea, the hopes of raising a trophy are now in the league league.
After sending seven against Nottingham Forest the last time, Verbruggen needed a calm start to resort here to restore their confidence. Unfortunately, he achieved the opposite.
The Dutchman followed a smart advice on his bar with a disastrous attempt to collect the Palmer Cross, mistakenly read the ball’s trajectory as he spilled it on the back of his own net to give an advantage Early.
Luckily for Verbruggen, here was almost all its participation. Allowing -regaining his composition as Brighton strolled through the victory.
