Brighton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and fan reaction

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·21 avril 2026

Brighton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and fan reaction

Blues European dream derailed after turgid loss

Chelsea’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League this season are all but shot after they slumped to seventh in the table following a turgid 2-0 defeat at Brighton. The Blues lined up in an experimental three-at-the-back formation at the AmEx and promptly discovered it was not a winning formula, as Ferdi Kadioglu opened the scoring three minutes in.

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Jack Hinshelwood missed a one-on-one shortly before the break and Chelsea were slightly improved after it, but he was there to double the hosts’ advantage mere minutes into the second-half. The Blues could not find a way back into the match - even before Danny Welbecks’ late third - and have now lost five consecutive Premier League matches, failing to score in any of them.

The result brings the Blues onto a run of form the likes of which the club has not suffered since the Titanic was afloat, leaving many at the club searching for answers to some awkward questions. Catch up with the action as it happened below with Standard Sport’s dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith.