Kaoru scored one of the season goals and Yankuba Minth twice when Brighton repeated her FA Cup victory over Chelsea with a win in the Premier League tonight.
Japan International opened the rating with a sublime individual skill in the 27th minute.
It seemed little danger when Brighton goalkeeper Bart burned the ball forward, but cleverly checked it on his right foot with a groom before jumping in Trevoh Chalobah and bending a right shot into the right lower corner.
“A touch of heaven” 💫 💫
Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma presents the hosts with an outrageous goal. 😮💨 pic.twitter.com/q35ndqcj5r
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Minth then scored a goal in every half to see Brighton for a comfortable victory when they repeated their 2-1 win of six days ago.
It was a miserable night for Chelsea, whose fans made a long time before the final whistle for the exits.
Chelsea is missing from grasping sparks
Chelsea played without a recognized center striker – Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu, both not through injury – and the wing player Christopher Nkunku asked again to play more centrally in a false nine role.
It was a tactical Enzo Maresca who was busy last weekend, and it failed again tonight.
Nkunku worked hard, but with little joy when Chelsea had a lot of ball without wearing a lot of threat to the future.
This was shown in the first 17 minutes, with Cole Palmer wasted twice -presentable possibilities, fired his first effort high above the bar and cut the second terribly width of the target into slices.
Brighton was far more determined in the last third, and with groomed the Londoners showed how it should happen from Brighton’s first real chance.
The visitors reacted well to go back. Pedro Neto shot before the Portuguese winger had an exertion that Adam Webster, who stood for the injured Brighton captain Lewis Dunk, had been excellent.
Malo Gustos Kreuz was brought home from the resulting corner from Enzo Fernandez, but the efforts of the Argentina middle field player were excluded for a push in the back of Joel Veltman.
Minth packs his first
Brighton drove the storm and reached 2-0 Neate Interplay seven minutes before half -time Georginio Rutter, to the left, and when his cross was partially blocked by Levi Colwill, Danny Welbeck took the loose ball and fed Minth, who stepped in Marc Cucurella and hit home.
Minth doubles Brighton’s advantage! 🔵
Rutter and Welbeck under construction 👏 pic.twitter.com/db5u5ulf
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Palmer remained a peripheral figure and English international appearance compared to its form in the early season and without his examination, Chelsea were subject to.
That meant that the game was back into life after 63 minutes.
Game past
Colwill believed that he had been fouled, but referee Chris Kavanagh waved his protests and Welbeck and Minth were summarized again before the Gambia wing player stepped into the unfortunate Cucurella before shot past Filip Jorgensen.
“It’s like Jörgensen wasn’t there” 😬 😬 😬
Yankuba Minth gets his second and brighton gives three goals in the lead 💥 pic.twitter.com/xdoqxz9ze8
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Veltman hit a position late, his shot, which Jorgensen hit in the face before he recovered on the upright and burned after webster had rejected a cross towards his own goal.
As a result, Brighton went to eighth place while Chelsea stays fourth.
