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Chelsea Defeats Brighton In Pre Season Friendly Seven-Goal Thriller

Chelsea Defeats Brighton In Pre Season Friendly Seven-Goal Thriller


Chelsea maintained thier winning start of thier Preseason tour of the United States with an impressive 4-3 victory over premier league counterparts, Brighton & Hove Albion on sunday morning.

Christopher Nkunku was again on the scoresheet in his second game in Blue shirt while Mykhailo Mudryk and Nicolas Jackson opened thier respective goal scoring account for clelsea in an impressive fashion.

Connor Gallager also found the back of the net as the Blues made the most of their numerical advantage following a red card to Jan Paul van de Hecke on the hour mark.

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The victory in Philadelphia makes it two wins from two for Mauricio Pochettino as Chelsea manager, with nine goals scored in two games after the 5-0 win over Wrexham earlier this week.

“We are happy for the fans; they enjoy a good game,” Pochettino said after the game.

“Of course, a coach is never happy when you concede goals, but it’s normal because it is only two-and-a-half weeks to work and evolve the different areas of the team.

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“I am happy, I saw many positive things. I am so happy with the attitude of the players and the staff. We showed great attitude and energy against a team that did a fantastic job last season.

“I am so happy with the balance in these two-and-a-half weeks. We know we have to work a lot and continue to improve. But we’re starting to see certain principles that will be very, very important for us.”

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