Summary

  • Webster earns point for Brighton after Ziyech goal for Chelsea

  • Chelsea now 12 points behind leaders Man City and stay third

  • Burnley v Watford postponed for second time due to Covid cases in Clarets squad

  1. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Brighton 0-1 Chelsea

    Brighton have a free-kick on the right but Thiago Silva does well to get his head on it, before Kepa gathers it in.

    Mason Mount is set on his way and it comes across to Marcos Alonso on the left.

  2. Postpublished at 20:31 GMT 18 January 2022

    Brighton 0-1 Chelsea

    Karen Carney
    Former Chelsea midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Wow, Chelsea are not even celebrating because they know they have been that bad. But what a finish! He's just done enough from 30 yards out and it bounces horribly in front of Robert Sanchez. They have been punished, Brighton.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:30 GMT 18 January 2022

    #bbcfootball or text to 81111

    These texts from readers dated pretty quickly...

    Ziyech. What’s the point? Awful.

    Rob, Orpington

    Can someone tell me what does Ziyech bring to this team? The team in general looks shot of confidence and ideas on how to break a team down.

    Keith, London

  4. goal

    GOAL - Brighton 0-1 Chelseapublished at 20:28 GMT 18 January 2022

    Hakim Ziyech (28 mins)

    Out of nowhere!?

    It's something from nothing. Robert Sanchez probably should do better too.

    N'Golo Kante lays it off to Hakim Ziyech and he just smashes it from outside the box.

    Nobody is really expecting it - least of all Sanchez. It takes a slight deflection and catches the keeper out in the bottom left corner.

    Chelsea scoreImage source, Getty Images
  5. Postpublished at 28 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Steven Alzate dinks it over Chelsea's defence and Danny Welbeck has made a smart run.

    He tries to control it in the box but he ends up swiping at air. He'd have been in from close range if he'd brought it down!

  6. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Marcos Alonso drives one over the top for Hakim Ziyech but it's dealt with comfortably by the two Brighton centre-backs and nodded back to Robert Sanchez.

  7. Postpublished at 20:24 GMT 18 January 2022

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Karen Carney
    Former Chelsea midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Chelsea cannot get near Brighton. They are rolling the ball about nicely and there is penetration in their passing.

    Brighton are playing well but Chelsea have been poor.

  8. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Marcos Alonso curls it in... Straight to the goalkeeper.

  9. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Cesar Azpilicueta tries to cut it back to Romelu Lukaku when he gets down the right but Marc Cucurella can pick it up inside his own area and clear.

  10. Postpublished at 22 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    The atmosphere is picking up at the Amex now. Brighton have been the better side.

  11. Postpublished at 22 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Chelsea are giving the ball away cheaply, the latest to Marc Cucurella.

    Tariq Lamptey eventually pings one in, Danny Welbeck gets a head on it and Alexis Mac Allister has a snap shot. It bobbles around dangerously before Chelsea hastily clear it.

  12. Postpublished at 21 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Mason Mount slides in Callum Hudson-Odoi but Tariq Lamptey gets there to intercept.

    Lamptey then breaks through the middle, skipping past Jorginho, before playing it out wide.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:20 GMT 18 January 2022

    #bbcfootball or text to 81111

    Chelsea would've played 6 more games than Burnley after today. Add Spurs and Leicester on 5 each. PL will have a crazy fixture pile-up. Will the league get extended?

    Ammar Rao

  14. Postpublished at 19 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Chelsea patiently move it across from right to left before Adam Webster stands his ground and robs it off Callum Hudson-Odoi.

    Brighton are playing well. They look compact out of possession and direct with the ball.

  15. Postpublished at 16 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Corner comes to nothing.

  16. Postpublished at 16 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Jorginho, to Romelu Lukaku, to Cesar Azpilicueta. He hits it first time and Robert Sanchez flicks it behind for a corner.

  17. Postpublished at 20:14 GMT 18 January 2022

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Karen Carney
    Former Chelsea midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    To be involved in a battle you have got to get tight - Chelsea are not doing that at the moment.

  18. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:14 GMT 18 January 2022

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Dara Sheahan: Every time I see Brighton play (playing 3-4-3 as Man Utd should), part of me thinks I'd love to see what Potter would do with the United squad. Too risky, I know, but still.

  19. Postpublished at 14 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Steven Alzate is hurried by N'Golo Kante and Brighton are under a bit of pressure near the halfway line until Jorginho gives away a foul.

    Kante and AlzateImage source, Getty Images
  20. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Brighton 0-0 Chelsea

    Brighton look sharp. Pascal Gross picks it up on the right, finds Steven Alzate in the middle and he links up with Alexis Mac Allister.

    Chelsea react to get players in position quickly and Marc Cucurella has to hold it up and switch the play.