Overview
- Enzo Fernández headed in a ninth‑minute cross from Reece James for his third league goal, moving top of Chelsea’s scoring chart.
- Chelsea were reduced to ten men in the 53rd minute when Trevoh Chalobah was sent off for a last‑man foul.
- Substitute Danny Welbeck equalized around the 75th minute before sealing the result with a second goal near the 100th minute.
- Maxim De Cuyper, brought on in the 85th minute, put Brighton ahead in the second minute of stoppage time.
- Both teams now have eight points from six matches, with Chelsea eighth and Brighton tenth on goal difference.