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Brighton stun Chelsea on Potter’s return
MANCHESTER: Chelsea boss Graham Potter suffered a nightmare return to Brighton with a 4-1 defeat during their Premier League game on Saturday.
Manchester City provisionally moved to the top of the standings thanks to Kevin De Bruyne’s stunning strike in a 1-0 win over Leicester. They will stay their if Arsenal lose or draw with Nottingham Forest on Sunday.
Tottenham fought back from 2-0 down to beat Bournemouth 3-2 to remain in third ahead of Newcastle, who thrashed Aston Villa 4-0.
Potter had been unbeaten in his first nine games since leaving Brighton to take over at Chelsea last month. By contrast, the Seagulls had not won in their first five games under new boss Roberto De Zerbi, but that all changed in a dominant first half.
Thiago Silva twice cleared off the Chelsea goal line in the first five minutes before Leandro Trossard fired home the opener.
The visitors were then their own worst enemies as both Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah deflected crosses into their own goal. Kai Havertz’s header early in the second half pulled a goal back, but Pascal Gross rounded off a memorable win for Brighton late on.
City were without the freescoring Erling Haaland for the trip to the King Power due to a foot injury and were blunted up front without the firepower of the Norwegian. But one moment of magic from De Bruyne was enough for the winner as the Belgian’s free-kick four minutes into the second half clipped the inside of the post on its way past Danny Ward.
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid lose 3-2 at Cadiz
CADIZ: Atletico Madrid suffered a dramatic 3-2 defeat at relegation-threatened Cadiz in LaLiga on Saturday, three days after Diego Simeone’s side were knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage.
Ruben Sobrino scored the winner for Cadiz in the final minute as Atletico suffered their third league defeat of the season.
Theo Bongonda put Cadiz ahead in the first minute and Alex Fernandez made it 2-0 in the 81st. Luis Hernandez scored an own goal four minutes later before substitute Joao Felix made it 2-2 in the 89th minute.
Osimhen hat-trick keeps Napoli on top
MILAN: Victor Osimhen struck a hat-trick as Napoli extended their unbeaten Serie A run to 16 matches on Saturday with a 4-0 thrashing of Sassuolo.
Osimhen put Napoli ahead in the fourth minute. The 23-yearold Nigerian made it 2-0 in the 19th minute. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia continued the rout in the 36th minute before Osimhen completed his hat-trick in the 77th minute.