Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Chelsea face Brighton & Hove Albion in the Premier League today.
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
Brighton win a throw-in right near Chelsea's corner flag and do their best to keep the ball there. There's no way they're conceding now.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton enjoy their first proper attack for a while. James blocks Estupinan's cross. Chelsea race upfield and Mudryk sends a venomous long-range shot spinning over the crossbar.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Mac Allister carries the ball towards the corner to run down the clock for Brighton. Badiashile tracks him all the way and comes away with it.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Caicedo goes down on the turf as Chelsea earn a corner down their right. He's helped up and immediately runs back into his box to defend the corner, to the chagrin of the Stamford Bridge faithful.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
There'll be six more minutes of this. That's enough time for Chelsea to equalise if they can create the right opportunity.
Chelsea vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton head the free-kick away without any fuss, but Chelsea still have possession. Dunk nods Gallagher's hopeful cross safely back to Sanchez.
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