Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
CHELSEA (4-3-3): Kepa Arrizabalaga (c); Trevoh Chalobah, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiashile, Ben Chilwell; Conor Gallagher, Enzo Fernandez, Denis Zakaria; Christian Pulisic, Raheem Sterling, Mykhailo Mudryk.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton were rightly unhappy to lose away to Tottenham last week despite another bright performance. The Seagulls are in contention for European qualification for a reason, having suffered back-to-back league defeats just once this season. Roberto De Zerbi's men will be confident of bouncing back quickly.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea's difficult season shows no signs of abating as they were comfortably beaten by Real Madrid in the Champions League midweek. The Blues have failed to score in each of their last three Premier League games, a trend Frank Lampard needs to change if he wants to stay in post beyond the end of this season.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Welcome to our live text commentary of this Premier League match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
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