Premier League 2025-26-Brighton Verbijsts Chelsea 3-1; Bournemouth pulls at Leeds

Former striker of England Danny Welbeck scored twice when Brighton and Hove Albion came from behind to Stun 10-Man Chelsea 3-1 in Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Saturday.

It was a humiliating change for the home team, which had dominated the game before the break with Enzo Fernandez who scored a 24th minute header for a deserved lead.

Brighton keeper Bart Verbruggen had held the visitor in the game with two nice rescues to deny Fernandez and James from free kicks just outside the area.

But the match was turned upside down in the second half for eight minutes when defender Trevoh Chalobah was sent after intervention of VAR for an error in midfielder Diego Gomez.

The Paraguayan had been released from the Chelsea defense and after a long-term control of the pitchside monitor was assessed by referee Simon Hooper to have been refused a target scores.

It took Brighton until the 77th minute to benefit to his advantage as Chelsea became more and more desperately in defense.

The 34-year-old Welbeck immediately made in the 77th minute with a bullethead from a Yankubah Minth Cross.

Colleague replacement Maxim De Cuyper scored his own header in the second of 11 minutes of added time and Welbeck declined a triumphant afternoon for the south coast side, grabbed a pass by Brajan Gruda and shot in the third of the visitors of the visitors.

The result leaves Chelsea to seventh place in the table while Brighton is in the 10th.

Kroupi Van Bournemouth scores the late goal of refusing Leeds a victory

Eli Kroupi came from the bank to score his first goal for Bournemouth and to save his side a Premier League point in a 2-2 draw at Leeds United on Saturday.

The 19-year-old, Volleys beyond Leeds Keeper Karl Darlow in a stop time to refuse the host’s victory and to continue the impressive start of Bournemouth of the season.

After six games, the South Coast Club has 11 points – the best appetite in this phase of a Premier League campaign.

Antoine Semenyo had made Bournemouth ahead with his fourth goal of the season, a pounding free kick.

But Leeds hit back when Joe Rodon went in from a corner, waved over by Sean Longstaff, who then released his side from his side after the break.

However, it could not last and the French younger Kroupi made his mark after he came up in the 81st minute and neatly joined the film by Marcos Senesi.

Published on 27 September 2025