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Chelsea crumble at home after another damaging red card

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For the second consecutive weekend, Chelsea were undone by a red card in a 3-1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

The Blues deservedly led at half-time through Enzo Fernandez's header.

However, the game changed when Trevoh Chalobah was sent off on 53 minutes after a VAR review for chopping down Diego Gomez who was racing clear on goal.

Brighton made the man advantage count as Danny Welbeck headed in to level before Maxim De Cuyper and Welbeck secured victory in stoppage time.

Last weekend, Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was sent off in the opening minutes of an eventual 2-1 loss to Manchester United.

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