After emerging from the Amex Stadium tunnel to a chorus of boos yesterday, matters only got worse for Potter as his side Chelsea produced a defensive horror show to gift Brighton a dream start.
In a chaotic opening, Trossard’s calm finish put the home side in front after Thiago Silva – who had already produced two goalline clearances to deny the Seagulls – surrendered possession cheaply in his own half.
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Like Brighton’s first goal, their second and third goals were entirely self-inflicted by the lack-lustre Chelsea side.
Loftus-Cheek stuck out a knee to inadvertently steer Gallagher’s flick-on into the net via the crossbar, before Estupinan’s delivery was guided past his own keeper by the somewhat unfortunate Chalobah.
“We didn’t recover,” Potter said afterwards.
“We have to take responsibility a bit for the first half. We have had a lot of football but that’s no excuse. We couldn’t quite get to that level.”
Chelsea did have chances of their own – Christian Pulisic firing wide from a vantage position and Robert Sanchez tipping Gallagher’s looping header over the crossbar – but Havertz’s header early in the second half failed to spark a revival.
Gross finished off an lovely counter-attack late on to rub salt into the visitors’ wounds.
“Unfortunately we missed the pass or didn’t execute it,” the Chelsea boss continued. “We didn’t take our chances and they did.
Team manager Porter continued to describe what Nigerian fans labeled as “collecting Woto-woto” as
“a part of the process, You have to suffer and feel pain in order to grow and get better. Nobody said we’re the finished team. We have to take the pain today and learn from it.”
