Kaoru Mitoma scored one of the goals of the season and Yankuba MINTEH scored twice when Brighton repeated their FA Cup victory on Chelsea with a victory in the Premier League tonight.
Japan International Mitoma opened the score in the 27th minute with a piece of sublime individual skills.
Little danger appeared when goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen launched the ball forward, but Mitoma skilfully checked him on his right foot before spreading in Trevoh Chalobah and bowed a shot with the right to the right in the right corner.
“A touch of heaven” 💫
Kaoru Mitoma from Brighton places the hosts at the front with a scandalous goal 😮way pic.twitter.com/q35ndqcj5r
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportspl) February 14, 2025
Minteh then scored a goal in each half to see Brighton to a comfortable victory, while reproducing their 2-1 victory six days ago.
It was a miserable night for Chelsea, whose fans made long before the last whistle for the outputs.
Chelsea Miss attacking spark
Chelsea played a Vooruit without a recognized center – Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu both absent due to injury – with wing player Christopher Nunku asked again to play more centrally in a false nine role.
It was a tactic that Enzo Maresca had used last weekend with little success and it failed again tonight.
Nunku worked hard, but with little joy when Chelsea had much of the ball without wearing much threat in the future.
This was demonstrated in the first 17 minutes, with Cole Palmer wasting presentable opportunities twice, shot his first attempt High over the bar and cut the second terribly wide of the target.
Brighton was much decisive in the last third part, with Mitoma the Londoners showing how it should be done from the first real chance of Brighton.
The visitors initially responded well to go behind. Pedro Neto shot over before the winger in Portugal saw an effort blocked by Adam Webster, who was standing up for wounded Brighton captain Lewis Dunk.
From the resulting corner, the cross of Malo Gusto went home by Enzo Fernandez, but the efforts of the Argentina midfielder were excluded for a push at the back of Joel Veltman.
Minteh grabs his first
Brighton rode the storm and brought it 2-0 seven minutes before half-time. Georginio Rutter enabled to escape to the left and when his cross was partially blocked by Levi Colwill, Danny Welbeck picked up the loose ball and fed Minth who got in Marc Cucurella and brought home.
Minteh doubles the benefit of Brighton! 🔵
Rutter and Welbeck in the structure 👏 pic.twitter.com/DB5U5ULDJF
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Palmer remained a peripheral figure-the internationally international in England looked in the early season and without his contribution, Chelsea was subdued.
That meant that the game swung until it burst back into life after 63 minutes.
Play over
Colwill thought he was polluted, but referee Chris Kavanagh waved his protests away and Welbeck and MINTEH combined again before the Gambia wing player stepped into the unfortunate Cucurella before he shot Filip Jorgensen.
“It’s like Jörgensen wasn’t there” 😬
Yankuba MINTEH gets his second and sets Brighton three goals in advance 💥 pic.twitter.com/xdoqxz9ze8
– Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportspl) February 14, 2025
Veltman hit a post late, his shot hit Jorgensen in the face before he returned to the upright and Verbruggen did well after Webster had derived a cross to his own goal.
Brighton therefore went to eighth while Chelsea remains fourth.
