Brighton outclass woeful Chelsea 3-0 in Premier League drubbing
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Brighton's Danny Welbeck (centre) celebrating with teammates Jack Hinshelwood (left) and Maxim De Cuyper after scoring their third goal against Chelsea on April 21.
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- Brighton defeated Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League, with goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood, and Danny Welbeck.
- The win propelled Brighton to sixth place on 50 points, two ahead of Chelsea, who risk missing European football next season.
- Chelsea's manager Liam Rosenior's team suffered their fifth consecutive league defeat without scoring, prolonging their dire slump.
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LONDON - Brighton and Hove Albion’s Ferdi Kadioglu netted an early opener and Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck scored in the second half to pile more misery on Chelsea, beating the floundering Londoners 3-0 in the Premier League on April 21.
The result sees Brighton climb above their visitors to sixth in the table on 50 points, two ahead of Chelsea, who have won one of their last nine league games and are in danger of missing out on European football next season if they cannot find a way out of their slump.
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior shuffled both his players and his tactics during the game, but they had no response to going in a goal down at the break, and his team limped to another embarrassing defeat.
Brighton and Hove Albion's Ferdi Kadioglu scores their first goal.
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Brighton’s Kadioglu side-footed home from a corner that was flicked on to break the deadlock in the third minute, and the hosts should have doubled their lead in the 18th minute when Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez mishit a pass that went straight to Carlos Baleba in the visitors’ penalty area.
Baleba squared the ball to Hinshelwood, but his tame effort was cleared by Trevoh Chalobah. After failing to register a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes, halftime substitute Alejandro Garnacho gave Chelsea’s attack a much-needed shot in the arm, and he immediately created a chance for Romeo Lavia, who blazed over.
Brighton’s Jack Hinshelwood scores their second goal.
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Chelsea’s resurgence ended almost as quickly as it began, and in the 56th minute Hinshelwood redeemed his earlier miss by firing home a pass from Georginio Rutter to complete a counter-attack.
With Chelsea still struggling to create any goal-scoring opportunities, Welbeck came off the bench and added a late third to condemn the Blues to a fifth league defeat in a row without scoring. REUTERS
