サッカー-Potter 苦しむs first Chelsea 敗北・負かす in nightmare return to Brighton

BRIGHTON, England, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Graham Potter's return to Brighton & Hove Albion turned into a nightmare when he 苦しむd his first 敗北・負かす since taking 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 of Chelsea in a 4-1 loss in the 首相 League on Saturday.

Potter left Brighton to 後継する 去っていく/社交的な coach Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea last month, returning to the south coast to 直面する his former 雇用者s for the first time 完全にする with a nine-match unbeaten 記録,記録的な/記録する in all 競争s at his new club.

But the hosts made a blistering start at the Amex Stadium against Potter's bewildered 味方する, racing into the lead inside five minutes through a 井戸/弁護士席-taken Leandro Trossard goal.

Breathless Brighton kept coming and soon had a quickfire second after Ruben Loftus-Cheek コースを変えるd a corner into his own 逮捕する, with another own goal from Trevoh Chalobah making it three for Brighton three minutes before the interval.

Chelsea started 井戸/弁護士席 after the break and got 支援する into the game three minutes into the second half through Kai Havertz's header, but the 損失 had already been done and Potter's team could not rouse a 復帰.

Pascal 甚だしい/12ダース's last-gasp fourth goal capped a 罰金 afternoon for Potter's 後継者 Roberto De Zerbi, with the first 勝利,勝つ of his 統治する moving Brighton up to seventh in the standings, while Chelsea stay fifth, eight points behind leaders Manchester City.

"Yes of course the scoreline and the 敗北・負かす is a painful one," Potter said. "We didn't really 回復する.

"Once the (人が)群がる were so engaged it was a difficult one for us. The scoreline was painful. We have to take 責任/義務 a bit in the first half."

決定するd to make an impression against the man he 後継するd in the Brighton 管理の hotseat , De Zerbi 始める,決める his team up to attack from the off.

退役軍人 Chelsea defender Thiago Silva had already made two goal-line 通関手続き/一掃s in quick succession to keep out はびこる Brighton before Trossard kept his composure to 解雇する/砲火/射撃 his seventh goal of the season into the far corner.

Loftus-Cheek could do nothing as he コースを変えるd a corner into his own 逮捕する, while Pervis Estupinan's low cross 証明するd too hot to 扱う for Chalobah, sending the home fans into delirium.

Connor Gallagher should have got Chelsea 支援する into the game before Chalobah's unfortunate 試みる/企てる to (疑いを)晴らす the low cross went wrong, but the England midfielder made 修正するs when he expertly 始める,決める up Havertz for Chelsea's goal.

Brighton goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was 軍隊d into several 罰金 saves to keep Chelsea from making a contest of it, but it was the home 味方する who 調印(する)d a perfect afternoon with 甚だしい/12ダース's の近くに-範囲 finish on the 回復する.

Not only was it the first 勝利,勝つ of De Zerbi's 任期 at the sixth 試みる/企てる, it was also Brighton's first-ever league 勝利,勝つ over Chelsea.

"Enjoyable game to play in, it's nice to get the first 勝利,勝つ under the new 経営者/支配人 and thankfully we got the three points today," Brighton captain 吊りくさび Dunk told the BBC.

"There's been a 大規模な 衝撃 (since De Zerbi took 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金), 明白に we are still learning his ways and we are on the training pitch all together working as hard as we can for him and trying to take it on board." (報告(する)/憶測ing by Peter Hall; editing by Clare Fallon)

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