On Friday, a stunning goal from Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma and a brace from Yankuba Minteh enabled the Seagulls to secure a 3 - 0 home victory over Chelsea in the Premier League. This came just a week after they eliminated their London - based opponents from the FA Cup.

Chelsea, missing injured strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu, had the lion's share of possession. However, they failed to register a single shot on target, resulting in a defeat that left them fourth in the table with 43 points ahead of the weekend's matches. Meanwhile, Brighton climbed to eighth place with 37 points.

The Japanese winger Mitoma broke the deadlock with a moment of pure class in the middle of the first half. He expertly brought down a long ball from goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen with a perfect first touch, then cut inside Trevoh Chalobah and curled the ball into the far post.

The closest Chelsea got to scoring was when their captain, Enzo Fernández, headed the ball into the net in the 35th minute. But he was judged to have pushed Brighton's defender Joël Veltman, and the goal was disallowed.

Three minutes later his side were two behind as Chelsea failed to clear their lines and Danny Welbeck poked the ball into the path of Minteh, who expertly evaded a tackle by ex-Brighton fullback Marc Cucurella before drilling it into the net.

With Chelsea barely threatening, Minteh added his second in the 63rd minute, delighting the fans by cutting inside Cucurella to score at the near post.

Mitoma could have had a second in the 73rd minute as Brighton made a breakaway, but he fired his shot straight at the keeper and it was easily saved. Joel Veltman also hit the post form a Yasin Ayari pass in the 85th minute.

The win was Brighton's first at home in the Premier League since beating Manchester City 2-1 on Nov. 9, and Brighton striker Welbeck praised Mitoma's performance as his goal set them on the road to victory.

"It was slow-motion for me. He has got an amazing first touch, he has got a tremendous ability to bring it down and kill the ball instantly. Impeccable first touch, it is incredible. What a goal," he told Sky Sports.

After conceding seven goals in their last Premier League outing against Nottingham Forest, goalkeeper Verbruggen was delighted with both the clean sheet and the assist for Mitoma's goal.

"We train it and I saw the space in behind. It was an unbelievable touch and a very good finish ... we needed to show a reaction and the boys did that," he said.