Former England striker Danny Welbeck scored twice as Brighton and Hove Albion came from behind to stun 10-man Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Saturday.
It was a humiliating turnaround for the home side, which had dominated the game before the break with Enzo Fernandez scoring a 24th-minute header for a deserved lead.
Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen had kept the visitor in the game with two fine saves to deny Fernandez and James from free kicks just outside the area.
But the game was turned on its head eight minutes into the second half when defender Trevoh Chalobah was sent off following intervention from VAR for a foul on midfielder Diego Gomez.
The Paraguayan had burst free of the Chelsea defence and after lengthy scrutiny of the pitchside monitor was judged by referee Simon Hooper to have been denied a goal-scoring chance.
It took Brighton until the 77th minute to capitalise on its advantage as Chelsea became increasingly desperate in defence.
The 34-year-old Welbeck equalised in the 77th minute with a bullet header from a Yankubah Minteh cross.
Fellow substitute Maxim de Cuyper scored his own header in the second of 11 minutes of added time and Welbeck rounded off a triumphant afternoon for the south coast side, latching on to a pass from Brajan Gruda and firing in the visitors’ third.
The result drops Chelsea down to seventh in the table while Brighton is in 10th.
Bournemouth’s Kroupi scores late goal to deny Leeds a win
Eli Kroupi came off the bench to score his first goal for Bournemouth and rescue his side a Premier League point in a 2-2 draw at Leeds United on Saturday.
The 19-year-old, volleyed past Leeds keeper Karl Darlow in stoppage time to deny the host victory and continue Bournemouth’s impressive start to the season.
After six games the south coast club have 11 points — its best haul at this stage of a Premier League campaign.
Antoine Semenyo had put Bournemouth ahead with his fourth goal of the season, a thumping free kick.
But Leeds hit back when Joe Rodon headed in from a corner swung over by Sean Longstaff, who then volleyed his side ahead after the break.
It could not hold out though and French youngster Kroupi made his mark after coming on in the 81st minute, connecting cleanly with Marcos Senesi’s flick.
