Chelsea kicked off the new campaign with a 3-1 win against Brighton and Hove Albion at the Amex Stadium on Monday night.
2020/2021 Premier League
1-3
Jorginho scored Chelsea's first goal of the new season from the penalty spot after Timo Werner was brought down by Maty Ryan.
Brighton levelled in the 54th minute through Trossard, but it was immediately cancelled out 100 seconds later through a sublime strike from Reece James from distance.
Kurt Zouma put the game to bed in the 66th minute as he volleyed home a James corner, via a deflection, to double the visitors lead.
Match Events
0' Players are warming up before the game
0' The match is about to start!
0' Werner & Havertz make Premier League debut
5' Webster fires his shot into the sky
23' Penalty Goal! Brighton 0-1 Chelsea (Jorginho)
35' Alzate's long shot stopped by Kepa
42' Loftus-Cheek's cross blocked by White
45' Injured! Lallana subbed off
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47' Werner's shot denied by Ryan
47' Connolly's shot hits the side-nets
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54' GOAL! Brighton 1-1 Chelsea (Trossard)
56' GOAL! Brighton 1-2 Chelsea (Reece James)
60' Dunk misses a good chance
61' Subs! Loftus-Cheek out, Barkley in
66' GOAL! Brighton 1-3 Chelsea (Zouma)
71' Trossard's effort blocked by Christensen
80' Subs! Havertz out, Hudson-Odoi in
85' Azpilicueta replaces Jorginho
Line-ups
Brighton XI: Lallana, Webster, Dunk, Ryan, Trossard, Maupay, March, Bissouma, B. White, Alzate, T. Lamptey
Subs: Steele, Stephens, Gross, Veltman, Burn, Jahanbakhsh, Connolly
Chelsea XI: Alonso, Zouma, Jorginho, Kepa, Christensen, Kante, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Mount, Havertz, Reece James
Subs: Azpilicueta, Caballero, Giroud, Barkley, Rudiger, Abraham, Hudson-Odoi