{"id":582,"date":"2026-04-25T00:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=582"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:41:56","slug":"woeful-chelsea-are-beaten-by-brighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"Woeful Chelsea are beaten by Brighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t<!-- shortcode box --> <\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode clearfix box   \">\n<div class=\"shortcode col2-1 first\"> <span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brighton70.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-173034 alignright\"\/><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Brighton 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Kadioglu (3\u2032)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Hinshelwood (56\u2032)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Welbeck (90+1\u2032)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode col2-1\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westlondonsport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Chelsea_FC.svg-2.png\" alt=\"Chelsea FC news\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-220824 alignright\"\/>Chelsea 0<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- \/shortcode box --><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Chelsea\u2019s slide continued as they produced an appalling performance at Brighton, who comprehensively beat Liam Rosenior\u2019s beleaguered side and moved above them in the table.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The defeat was the Blues\u2019 fifth in a row in the Premier League without scoring \u2013 and a huge blow to their chances of securing a Champions League spot for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Ferdi Kadioglu\u2019s early goal put the Seagulls ahead and Jack Hinshelwood netted in the second half before Danny Welbeck added a late third.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea looked all over the place and were punished for some truly horrendous defending.<\/p>\n<p>For the opener, Jorrel Hato attempted to head away Pascal Gross\u2019s corner at the near post but inadvertently flicked the ball to Kadioglu, who fired home.<\/p>\n<p>There was a now-familiar goalkeeping howler too.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Sanchez inexplicably passed the ball straight to Carlos Baleba, who teed up Hinshelwood for what should have been a simple finish, but his tame effort was cleared off the line by Trevoh Chalobah.<\/p>\n<p>But Hinshelwood made no mistake when Georginio Rutter set him up after easily getting the better of Moises Caicedo.<\/p>\n<p>And in stoppage time, Chelsea failed to deal with a routine long ball and Maxim De Cuyper squared for Welbeck to make it three.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Chelsea:<\/strong> Sanchez; 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