Brighton came from behind to beat an ill-disciplined Chelsea side who had a player sent off for the second Saturday running.<\/p>\n
Substitutes Danny Welbeck and Maxim de Cuyper scored during 11 minutes of added time as the visitors profited from Trevoh Chalobah’s 53rd-minute red card.<\/p>\n
The Blues had been coasting to victory in the first half when Enzo Fernandez headed in Reece James’s cross, via a deflection off Brighton winger Kaoru Mitoma.<\/p>\n
However, Mitoma played a key role in the game’s big turning point, as he won possession from Chelsea’s Andrey Santos, on his first Premier League start, leading to Chalobah’s desperate challenge on Georginio Rutter.<\/p>\n
After a lengthy video assistant referee check, Chalobah was dismissed, seven days after goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off early in their 2-1 defeat at Manchester United.<\/p>\n
And Welbeck benefited by scoring twice, getting his first, shortly after coming on, by heading in the equaliser at the far post in the 77th minute.<\/p>\n
De Cuyper then headed Brighton in front from a corner in the second minute of stoppage time, before Welbeck finished from close range to seal victory in the ninth.<\/p>\n
Chelsea, who dropped to seventh place, left the field to a smattering of boos. They have not won a Premier League match since the international break, with Liverpool next to visit west London.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Brighton rise into to 10th place after another positive result against big six opposition.<\/p>\n
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