Chapter 1: What key moments led to Chelsea's 4-0 victory over Brighton?
Here goes Hazard. He could go all the way as well.
Brilliant.
Cool as you like from the man of the match. He was man of the match, Eden Hazard, and full-time he went over to a young boy in the crowd who proved that if you don't ask, you don't get. He came home and he will be going home with Eden Hazard's match shirt. So in his vest with Willy Caballero and Jeff Shreves, here is Eden Hazard.
Eden, but Willy, first of all, when goals and wins have been hard to come by for Chelsea of late, is that just what you needed today?
Yeah, of course. We need to come back to winning ways and we did it. We did it. We had three points more and we are so happy for the performance of the whole team.
The first two goals in that first ten minutes of play, Aydin, was that the best Chelsea have been for some time? Yeah, we started the game very well.
The combination between Michy, Willian and me, even the midfield were brilliant. So, yeah, we need to do more like this week after week. But then, at the end of the first half, we had a little bit of a problem, but the chance with Thibaut was not here, but Willy was there, so we saved some goals today and at the end of the game we won by 4-0, that's good.
As well as the delight of the goals, there's also a bit of relief because the goals haven't been coming lately.
Yeah, for sure. When you score early, then you think the game is maybe over, but it's not, especially in the Premier League. You never know what's going to happen. But we did well, we defended well, and we scored four goals, so that's it.
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Chapter 2: How did Eden Hazard's performance influence the match outcome?
We need more time. That's all.
Does 4-0 also not tell the story of Willy's several stunning saves today? The fact that it was 4-0 as well, it doesn't tell the story of the saves that Willy made.
Yeah, of course. It's 4-0, but also he did a great performance. So everyone who was watching the game can see this. He did well. He deserved this. He did against Norwich three days ago, now today. So he's a great, great keeper.
Career League goals of number 100 and 101 for you. What does it mean to be back amongst the scorers? It's my job. It's my job to score.
But it hasn't been happening lately. Yeah, yeah, I know. But, you know, every game I try to score goals or create chance or create assist. That's why I like to play football, to enjoy on the pitch and score goals. That's what striker, midfield try to do every game.
Will this set you up, ideally, for the game against Arsenal now, midweek, this performance and this result?
Well, I tried to do my job today. Now we have two or three days to think about the semi-final. And the boss has to choose the best start, the best 11 for this game. And I'm so happy for my game today and try to continue in this way.
You certainly did your chances of selection no harm at all today. One last job for you. Eden is Premier League man of the match. Could you do the honours, please?
Eden, please.
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Chapter 3: What were the reactions to the denied penalty claims by Brighton?
I watched the game against Leicester. They were not scoring goals. They needed to win the game. Leicester at home. And it took him off after 58 minutes. And when you do that to a player like him and the quality that he has, that woke him up. Because at the beginning of the game, he meant business. He came for a purpose.
I remember also last year, Antonio Conte was doing that a bit before the Arsenal game, kept on taking him off. And we all know what he did to Arsenal last year when he took that ball from the halfway line and decided to just win the game. But he has that in his locker. And I like the way he reacted today from what happened against Leicester. That's the job of a boss.
Sometimes a player might be tired, sometimes he needs a good reminder that maybe he's not doing enough. I'm not saying he wasn't, but maybe he's not doing enough. And usually when you take a player after an hour, the player, off, and he goes on the bench, you're supposed to win that game. You're not scoring goals. You're the main man. I'm on the bench. OK, we'll see next week.
Speaking before the game, Kelly, maybe a bit fatigued, he didn't stop today. He looked as fresh as I've seen him. It was like the first day of the season. And I'm sure the players in there that played against him today will be going, how do we stop him? Did we talk about maybe the system didn't help? with nothing to do with the system, it was to do with Eden Hazard today.
He decided that match today, unstoppable.
And decided it from early on. We'll look at him, we'll look at his goal in particular, but the goal from Hazard coming as early as it did after just three minutes.
Yeah, I mean, they're a little bit unfortunate. I mean, they worked the ball really well. This touch here from Stephens just takes it to Adam Hazard. And you can see he's got too much space there, Hazard. But that first touch drops his shoulder. Because he gets so low, it's so hard to stop him if you're a defender. Because you can see he's away from you so quickly.
He shifts the ball, and then it's a really good finish. This touch here, because he's going to clear that. That's dunk, isn't it, the five? He's going to clear that now, but he can't. All of a sudden, problems. Touch, gets it inside, quick movement, that low centre of gravity, he shifts the ball and then, bang, reverses it into the other corner. Fantastic finish.
It just makes you wonder, actually, why he doesn't get more goals. Because he's so devastating when he gets in front of the goal. He's such a good finisher.
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Chapter 4: How did Chelsea's strategy change throughout the game?
OK, I gave it to you. Boom, goal. I like that. I like that when people like to share. This is the type of goal you have to show to a lot of kids. Do you want it? Oh, he want it. OK, you have it. It's just simple. But that's what the Premier League is all about. Top quality player with a great vision and a great finish.
I want to ask you about Shuai because I think a lot of people go, well, he didn't score today. I thought he did all right today. I thought he did well.
I always get annoyed when people only judge a striker by his goals and that's the way it is.
Chapter 5: What does Willy Caballero's performance reveal about Chelsea's defense?
I know it. We all know it. But today I thought he held the ball well. His liquor play was good. Did he score? We all know. No, he didn't. But that was his fourth start of the season. And to go back some time when you call the point, it's not an easy one. He held the ball ever so well there on the first goal. We all know what happened on the goal of Willian, where he flicks it for him.
That's an assist for him at the end, right here. His awareness was good. The only thing missing was the goal. But you can't say that he didn't play well.
Yeah, we looked at them all individually. How did they work as a three, do you think?
I mean, they kept on passing to... Oh, that was nice also. No, but they kept on passing the ball to... What a touch there. They kept on passing the ball to each other, the three of them. And I think the pace that they have, the three of them, they were always... close to each other to be able to interact, especially on the counter sometimes.
That's why sometimes it's a bit difficult for Eden Hazard and Morata, sometimes when Willian is not playing, because they don't have a guy with extra legs to be able to join them on the counter, and Willian did that today.
Aden Hazard, though, the third goal was all about him, wasn't it?
It was, but I would also say that the runs helped it so much. What's Batshuayi and what's William? As soon as they play that ball, look how quick they are to join him. If they don't make the runs, I think the defenders will have stepped with Aden Hazard, but you can see William one way, Batshuayi the other, and that just gives him that space, but it was brilliant individual play.
I mean, the way he moves the ball, he's so fast. But you can see, what's William here? If he doesn't make that run, the defender goes with him, will stay with Hazard, and all of a sudden it doesn't free him up for that space. I think he'll be congratulating his teammates there, but he was the difference, Thierry.
Listen, you want him to be on that ball to make the decision, but I go back to what you said. Kids, the runs of Willian and the run of Batshuayi, if they don't go there, then that doesn't make it easy for Eden to score.
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Chapter 6: What impact did the early goals have on the match dynamics?
I know you spoke to John Moss at half-time. He said he didn't see the first penalty appeal and the second one he felt was just a coming together between two players. Having seen them yourselves, are you pretty sure they were both penalties?
For me, two penalties. The first one, I thought at the time. The second one, I wasn't sure. And on any refereeing decision, when the goalkeeper comes out, there's every chance that there's going to be a decision to be made. So what you have got to do is get yourself in a position where you can see it. And if the referee says that he hasn't seen it, it's not one that I don't believe.
But there was always going to be a chance that there was going to be a decision to be made as soon as the goalkeeper came out. And when you are a Brighton, particularly in the form that we're in playing against a Chelsea, albeit they're 2-0 up, you need some things to go your way. And we've had two that haven't.
It's never going to solve everything, but decisions like that, does it just make you feel that you want VAR every game?
No, no, I must admit. It's nowhere because next week's a different week and it could go the other way. It could go the other way where it's Chelsea that are having the penalty appeals. I think that's a bigger question. What I have to think particularly at this moment is that We go into a cup game the next game. I've got to make sure that we've got a group of players that look at the positives.
And there were. There were a lot of positives, I thought, today. But it's not like us to concede the goals that we did.
With those positives, though, balanced against the position you're in, what are your overall thoughts and the lack of wins of late?
We need more points, and in order to get more points you need to score more goals. It's very difficult for a team that's just been promoted to have both, and if you are scoring goals and very good and prolific in the final third and not conceding them, then you're a top-ten team, or possibly a top-eight or top-six team.
The rest of us have some difficulties in our game, either conceding too many or not scoring enough. And at the moment, as I said, our probably downside is we've been conceding too many goals from set plays. In open play, we've been very good. But we've got to find a formula to get the goals that we need to win games.
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Chapter 7: How did Chris Hughton assess Brighton's performance despite the loss?
He's trying to make that second-rearmost defender. When he looks across, that decision happens so quickly. You're looking at distance. You're looking this way. And when you see it like that, there's Caballero come out. The second-rearmost defender is no longer the goalkeeper, so he's got to be aware of that. And he's looking at slightly different things to what the referee is.
And I think that clouds his judgment a little bit.
But that was his side. The incident happened on his side, on where he is standing at that particular moment. When the ball is cleared first by Caballero with his hand, what else is he supposed to look at? He has to look at what's happening in front of him now.
But his first priority is offside. So when you see the players cross, the keeper's come out. So he's then got the problem. He's got to look across and see where's the second-rear-most defender, which isn't the goalkeeper. So that's his first point of contact. When he's looked across, the incident may already have happened.
Emma, what would VAR say about this?
VAR, Katie. Big talking point at the moment. I think the VAR would have looked at that, said to John, as soon as the ball's gone out of play, the next stoppage was actually a foul by Duffy on Batsuwai. And the VAR could have said then, look, we've had a look at that, we think it's a clear and obvious error, and therefore you're well entitled to go back and give a penalty.
And I think the pitchers would have reinforced that and everybody would have been happy. Second.
John Moss was saying that he felt that the second penalty was more of a coming together. Would you go along with that?
Sorry. Say again, Kelly, please.
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Chapter 8: What future challenges do Chelsea and Brighton face after this match?
As I said before, I watched the game and Leicester should have won and deservedly created so many chances. It was very unlike Chelsea, the way they played. I think that Antonio was referring to the games before where they missed a lot of chances. And that's better.
That's better for them to go into this type of game with scoring four, not conceding, although Brighton had a lot of chances, but they didn't concede. So that's a plus for them going into the derby in the Carabao Cup.
I think what you said earlier about Willian and Hazard as well. Thierry mentioned you were talking about during the game. Those two were really good today. And when they link up, they're on the same wavelength. And that's what you need. I'm a big Cesc Fabregas fan.
You have to play a different style of him because he's not going to run 40 yards up the pitch and play clever little one-twos like that so much. He's one that will pick a pass out and slow the game up to his pace. And of course you need players like that at certain times. But I thought today Willian and Hazard were just sensational.
He is often very low-key in interviews, Antonio Conte, but you know him. What do you make of his demeanor at the moment? Does it look like a man who's happy in his position?
That's just him. When he's happy, he's like this. When he's upset, he's like this. I mean, that's just how he speaks. Same tone, very low voice, always praising his players. During the summer, he obviously was unhappy with the way they went about their business.
And I don't think he's extremely happy with the way they are going with their business at the minute, because I think that he would like to have a bigger squad, especially in depth.
Is that fair, do you think, for him to ask for that?
Well, they won the league last year, so definitely not.
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