Lavia gives Chelsea early lead over Brighton
Brighton fail to handle Chelsea's corner kick as Bart Verbruggen spills the ball at the feet of Romeo Lavia, who quickly taps in the Blues' opener at Stamford Bridge.
Video Transcript
And here comes this early corner.
Flicked on by Joo Pedro.
Wieffer standing on the line, but touched in.
And Lavia has scored for Chelsea inside four minutes.
His first goal for the club.
Well, they scored inside 40 seconds at Craven Cottage on Monday.
Not quite as swift as that, but it's a very early Chelsea lead.
That's a lightning start for Chelsea.
It might be his first.
He won't score an easy one.
It's a gift and a mix-up.
The first contact, Joo Pedro does brilliantly just to get in there, and then the two, Wieffer and Verbruggen just getting in each other's way.
Can't communicate when it's all happening that quickly.
Both trying to do something by getting the ball away as quickly as possible.
Wieffer just trying to prod it away, head it away.
Verbruggen trying to claim it.
No communication between the two, and Lavia is the grateful recipient.
Well, the feelgood factor returns for Chelsea.
Well, great reactions from Lavia, who pounced on a very avoidable error-
