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Brighton scored twice in second-half stoppage time as 10-man Chelsea collapsed to a 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge.
Enzo Fernández had given the hosts the lead midway through the first half, but Trevoh Chalobah’s red card in the 53rd minute for denying Diego Gómez a clear scoring chance swung the momentum.
In a match reported by ESPN, Chelsea laboured from then on, and Brighton capitalised in the dying minutes.
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Substitute Maxim De Cuyper headed in after Mats Wieffer recycled Yasin Ayari’s deep cross, before Danny Welbeck struck his second of the match to seal the visitors’ victory.
For the second league game running, Enzo Maresca’s side were undone after a sending-off, raising further doubts over the young team’s ability to manage pressure situations.
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