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BRIGHTON: Graham Potter's return to Brighton & Hove Albion turned into a nightmare when he suffered his first defeat since taking charge of Chelsea in a 4-1 ...

We have to take responsibility a bit in the first half." "We didn't really recover. Advertisement

Chelsea news: Potter's hostile welcome gave an even worse backdrop to a poor day as the Blues are outclassed on the south coast.

This was the first win in six for his successor Roberto De Zerbi." There is a lot of money been raised in terms of player sales and a lot of good players on the pitch. "The hostility towards Potter increased as his team struggled in a first half in which they conceded three – two of them own goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah. The loss exposed four major problems within his current side which the 47-year-old will need to correct if he wants to compete for the [Champions League](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/champions-league) places come the end of the season. [That made the 4-1 hammering even worse.](https://www.football.london/chelsea-fc/news/kevin-de-bruyne-potter-chelsea-25388267) Chelsea started like they weren't expecting a barrage of energy from Roberto De Zerbi's fired-up side and it left Potter embarrassed on the touchline. Watching from an unfamiliar spot in the away dugout, Graham Potter found himself powerless to silence the jeers. You can see the team is a good team. "Kai Havertz led the line against Brighton and frequently struggled despite scoring the equalising goal, while Armando Broja appears to be unfavoured by Potter. It was Potterball with a De Zerbian flourish and, as It had already been written as Graham Potter travelled back to the Amex Community Stadium. His 'welcome' was anything but, Seagulls fans seemingly don't care for his work at the club. [Chelsea](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/chelsea-fc) manager [Graham Potter](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/graham-potter) did not enjoy his return to [Brighton](https://www.express.co.uk/latest/brighton-hove-albion-fc) as the Blues fell to a 4-1 thrashing at the hands of his former players.

Graham Potter failed to match Thomas Tuchel's record of seven wins and three draws in the first 10 matches at the reigns for Chelsea, following his side's ...

The intensity was there and we suffered a little bit. "We were pushing and pushing and throwing players on, but Brighton deserved it. We had some opportunities to test the keeper, but it was too open and Brighton were dangerous. "You have to congratulate Brighton. The players are an honest bunch – we win and lose together – so we have to take stock and move forward." You have to say congratulations to them.

Analysing Estupinan's runs, Mitoma cutting inside and how Brighton dragged Chelsea's defence upfield and then played beyond them.

From that corner, Brighton centre-back [Adam Webster](https://theathletic.com/football/player/adam-webster-C7uQA0u6HES9mGlo/) came close to scoring. … the Belgium forward drops to collect, attracting Chalobah as Estupinan attacks the space behind the Chelsea defender. … which helps Estupinan’s run and creates a bigger space for the Brighton left-back to attack. Meanwhile on the other side, it was [Pervis Estupinan](https://theathletic.com/football/player/pervis-estupinan-HY5AKFE6gtNBieYq/)’s drives forward that complemented [Kaoru Mitoma](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kaoru-mitoma-ffIJWkcUofTmQsTJ/)’s movement inside the pitch. Caicedo then finds Estupinan behind the Chelsea defence… … before going forward and finding the free Estupinan racing into the final third. The key factor against Chelsea was how the movement of the other Brighton players vacated space for Estupinan to attack. Then, the passing sequence should have been backward towards Trossard for the Belgian to find Estupinan’s run into the space behind Chalobah. [Japan](https://theathletic.com/football/team/japan/) forward attracts Chalobah to create space behind the defender for Estupinan to attack. The But it wasn’t only about the scoreline. “Potter, what’s the score?

Chelsea were deservedly beaten 4-1 by Brighton as Graham Potter suffered defeat at the hands of his former club.

"He's not a left-sided centre-back and playing in the three there. But on this occasion, his changes made little difference as his Chelsea side made it three games without a win in the Premier League. The Blues head coach suffered his first Premier League defeat at the hands of his former club, who produced a fine performance to hand Roberto De Zerbi his first victory as manager.