Brighton Batter Crumbling Chelsea

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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The FC crew are joined by Frank Leboeuf and Don Hutchison to look at Chelsea's 3-0 loss at Brighton and discuss what has gone wrong for Enzo Maresca's side in recent weeks. Then, Kay Murray, Ale Moreno, Stewart Robson and Archie Rhind-Tutt preview Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich and look at how Leverkusen can close the gap at the top of the Bundesliga. Plus, a look ahead to Tottenham-Manchester United and Manchester City-Newcastle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPN FC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Shack at his stop us.
0:14.0	We kick off today's show in the Premier League, Brighton in action against Chelsea.
0:19.0	Remember at the weekend, Brighton eliminated Chelsea from the FA Cup.
0:22.6	What sort of response then would we see from the Blues? The answer would be none.
0:26.6	They were terrible for the 90 minutes. They couldn't muster a single shot on target.
0:31.6	It would be a brilliant opening goal from Metaima. What a ball he took down. Great strike as well from the Brighton attacker to make it 1-0.
0:39.3	Then they soon made it 2-0 just before the break. A third goal would come in the 63rd minute, which you actually thought should have been...
0:45.3	I thought it was a foul, well back, foul, call, Will and the buildup. No question.
0:48.3	Well, it wasn't a foul, and there were plenty of questions. And in the end, Chelsea couldn't answer any of them as it finishes Brighton 3. Chelsea
0:55.5	0. What that means? Chelsea remained fourth in the table, but boy, they're chasing back again closer and closer to snatching that fourth place.
1:10.0	For more on this, let's welcome in, shall we. Frank LeBuffth and Don Hutchinson. Don, let's start with you. How bad were Chelsea today?
1:16.3	They were awful, just as worse, just as bad as Shack's analysis on that foul on Colwell. Dear me, Shack, you've gone soft.
1:24.7	That's a foul, Don. It's a foul.
1:28.7	It wasn't chacked.
1:32.4	I tell you what I don't like about Chelsea, tactically, when they haven't got the ball,
1:36.8	Moreska's obsessed with man-to-man marking all over the pitch.
1:39.6	And you see, all Vabruggan had to do was play a long ball.
1:41.0	It was a brilliant goal from the Tomabana.
1:47.9	Outstanding. But when they haven't got the ball, Chelsea, they are obsessed with stepping onto players where Brighton just played in their system. They got back in their shape when they didn't have the ball. Uncuncu was very disappointed. Jackson
1:51.9	was out injured. I'm thinking, right, time for Incuncuit and step onto the plate because Chelsea
1:55.8	have carried him for the last 18 months. I know he's had a bad injury at the start, but he's just not performed.
2:02.2	Even Col Palmer was quiet.
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