Chelsea’s season hit a new low as they lost for the fifth league game in a row without scoring in a dismal 3-0 defeat at Brighton.

CHELSEA have been DOMINATED at the Amex by Brighton – and the pressure has increased on Liam Rosenior. The Seagulls took an early lead against Chelsea through Ferdi Kadioglu’s effort,

Brighton heap more pressure on Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior as they ease to a comfortable 3-0 win thanks to goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck.

Follow the play-by-play updates from the CHE vs MCI fixture at Stamford Bridge, as Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-0 on April 12, 2026

Hello and welcome to Stamford Bridge for live coverage of Chelsea's Premier League clash with Manchester United this evening. The Blues go into this weekend four points adrift of fifth-place Liverpool and simply cannot afford to lose any further ground on the champions.

Chelsea were in disarray and Sanchez almost gifted Brighton a goal when he miscued a pass straight to Carlos Baleba, who teed up Hinshelwood for a shot that was cleared off the line by Trevoh Chalobah. For the first time in a league game this season, Chelsea failed to muster a single shot in the opening 30 minutes.

Final: Catch the key updates from the English football match at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, April 4, as it happened

Brighton make three changes, including a reward for Georginio Rutter after his late equaliser at Tottenham to start in place of Danny Welbeck up front. Yasin Ayari and injured Diego Gomez drop out for Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos Baleba.