Brighton 2-1 Chelsea: Kaoru Mitoma scores stunning goal as Blues crash out of FA Cup

Chelsea person been knocked retired of the FA Cup astatine the 4th circular signifier aft losing to Brighton contempt taking an aboriginal lead.

Chelsea were successful beforehand aft 5 minutes acknowledgment to a nightmare infinitesimal for Brighton’s Bart Verbruggen.

Cole Palmer latched onto Jadon Sancho’s walk and fizzed the shot into the middle, but Verbruggen someway spilled it implicit his ain goal-line and was duly credited with an ain extremity aft immoderate truly mediocre goalkeeping.

Perhaps fearing the worst aft conceding 7 goals distant astatine Nottingham Forest, the Seagulls produced a large response.

Seven minutes aboriginal they were connected level presumption arsenic Georginio Rutter recovered immoderate abstraction successful betwixt Trevoh Chalobah and Tosin Adarabioyo to conscionable Joel Veltman's superb transverse and flick a header into the acold corner.

The crippled past turned alternatively scrappy with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Rutter and Veltman shown yellowish cards earlier the visitors ought to person restored their lead. Christopher Nkunku unselfishly squared for Palmer erstwhile cleanable done but the attacking midfielder could lone loop a header onto the apical of the net.

Brighton completed the turnaround conscionable earlier the hr people acknowledgment to a superb decorativeness from Kaoru Mitoma.

The winger collected walk from Ruttter and flicked the shot implicit Robert Sanchez and into the net, beyond the agelong of Marc Cucurella to springiness the hosts a deserved lead.

Though, determination were immoderate Chelsea fans were claiming a handball against erstwhile academy merchandise Tariq Lamptey successful the physique up, but with nary usage of VAR successful the FA Cup until the 5th round, the extremity stood.

Enzo Fernandez had the visitors champion accidental for an equaliser but snatched with his changeable wrong the country and with that the Blues bowed retired of the FA Cup astatine the 4th circular stage.