{"id":391371,"date":"2026-04-22T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391371\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:59:08","slug":"brighton-3-0-chelsea-22-apr-2026-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/391371\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton 3-0 Chelsea (22 Apr, 2026) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> fans turned on manager Liam Rosenior as the club’s slim hopes of Champions League qualification suffered another setback following a 3-0 thrashing away to fellow European hopefuls Brighton.<\/p>\n

Albion piled pressure on Blues boss Rosenior by leapfrogging their opponents into sixth place in the Premier League<\/a> table thanks to goals from Ferdi Kadioglu<\/a>, Jack Hinshelwood<\/a> and substitute Danny Welbeck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chelsea have now lost five straight league games without scoring a goal for the first time since 1912.<\/p>\n

\"EnzoEnzo Fernandez of Chelsea looks dejected during the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea at Amex Stadium on April 21, 2026 in Brighton, England.<\/p>\n

Rosenior was the subject of X-rated chants from travelling supporters in the second half at the Amex Stadium before his side’s season reached a new low.<\/p>\n

With attacking trio Cole Palmer<\/a>, Est\u00eav\u00e3o<\/a> and Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/a> sidelined through injury, Chelsea failed to register an attempt on target during an insipid display and remain seven points adrift of fifth-placed Liverpool<\/a>, having now played a game more.<\/p>\n

In contrast to Chelsea’s ongoing slump, in-form Brighton have taken 19 points from the last 24 available in their quest for continental qualification thanks to a statement victory.<\/p>\n

Home fans gleefully rubbed salt into the wounds of the visitors by chanting in favour of Rosenior, who ended his playing days and began his coaching career with Brighton.<\/p>\n

PA contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans turned on manager Liam Rosenior as the club’s slim hopes of Champions League qualification suffered another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-391371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}