Madueke, who was replaced by Jadon Sancho, was the beginning of a miserable night for Chelsea down on the south coast. Another injury setback for the Blues, as well as a performance dubbed by head coach Enzo Maresca as the worst of the season so far.

Simon Johnson and Anantaajith Raghuraman analyse the main talking points from Chelsea's defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion

Noni Madueke has joined the long list of Chelsea players who are currently nursing injuries. The 22-year-old winger appeared to suffer a hamstring problem during the Blues' defeat to Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Friday night.

The sight of Noni Madueke hobbling off the pitch in the first half only added to Chelsea’s misery and Maresca confirmed that the winger was likely to be out ‘for a while’ at