After being beaten five times by Arsenal, Chelsea gradually found a winning feeling, winning three and drawing one with 13 goals in the last four games, and moving up from the bottom half of the table to seventh in the table. In the 34th round of the Premier League, Chelsea played away to Brighton, Palmer continued the hot scoring feeling, Nkunku scored when he returned, Welbeck was difficult to save, and finally Chelsea took away 3 points 2:1 to win the long-lost 4 consecutive wins.
Brighton's results have slipped this season, with 12 wins, 12 draws and 12 defeats in the middle of the table, which is already hopeless of a European place and has no fear of relegation. At the end of the season, Pochettino finally found the main framework, with Palmer, Madueke, Jaxson, and Mudryk forming the offensive line in the frontcourt; Caicedo and Conor Gallagher are two midfielders; Gusto, Trevoh Chalobah, Badiashile and Marc Cucurella formed the backline, with Petrovic in goal.
As the referee's whistle blew, Chelsea played an anti-away momentum, and in the third minute, Maduee Kai cut low and Februhen quickly went down to block the ball; In the 10th minute, Lamptey sent a cross, Adingra stopped the ball and hit the goal and missed the post; In the 16th minute, Cucurella forced a breakthrough and fell in the penalty area under Bonanott's defense, and the referee originally blew for a penalty, but canceled the penalty after watching VAR; In the 26th minute, Gusto's powerful long-range shot from the outside changed the line, and Februhen lifted the ball out with one palm.
In the 34th minute, Gallagher went straight to the goal, Cucurella crossed from the left, and Palmer stepped in to grab a header to score, 1:0! Palmer, who joined Chelsea from Manchester City last summer, has scored 22 goals in 32 Premier League appearances for the Blues this season, equalling legendary midfielder Frank Lampard's most prolific Premier League season tally this season, with 22 goals in 36 Premier League appearances for Chelsea in 2009/10. Palmer also had 10 assists in the league, which put him past Eden Hazard as Chelsea's all-time top scorer in a single season.
In the 45th minute, Chalobah Jr. knocked back the ball in the penalty area, Badiashile made a decisive cross, and Jacquesson nodded the ball to the goal, but the offside position was blown invalid in the first goal; In stoppage time of the half, Brighton played a quick counter-attack, Adingra watched a little from the right and crossed the ball, Joao Pedro flanked in a powerful header that Petrovic flew to the rescue.
In the second half, Brighton once dominated the attack, but could not pose any threat to Chelsea, in the 64th minute, Gusto cut in at high speed on the right side of the bottom cross, Nkunku outflanked and pushed another goal, 2:0! Nkunku has made just 14 appearances this season due to injury, his third Premier League goal of the season.
Three minutes before the end of the game, Joao Pedri broke through on the left side to assist Welbeck to score a goal, but it was to no avail; Chelsea held the score 2-1 until full-time, making it four consecutive league wins for the first time since October 2022; Newcastle failed to win this round and Chelsea have jumped to sixth place in the table; Should the Blues win in the final round, Tottenham lose and Manchester United lose to Manchester City in the FA Cup, Chelsea could even qualify directly for the Europa League in fifth place.