In the third round of the English Premier League, Chelsea lost 3-0 to their hosts Leeds United in a match played at Elan Road.

With this important win, Leeds United lifted their lead to 7 points in third place, with Chelsea’s balance sheet at fourth in 12th place.

Returning to the atmosphere of the match, the start of the first half was similar between the two teams, despite the simple superiority of the Blues, who had good control of the ball, but did not pose much of a danger to goalkeeper Messeler’s goal, and in turn Leeds put good pressure on goalkeeper Mendy’s goal trying to score. The goal was leading, and in the 33rd minute there was a big miss by the Senegalese goalkeeper Mendy, when young player Brandin Aronson snatched the ball from him, hit the net and gave his team 1-0. A 2-0 meeting puts Chelsea in a difficult position with the end of the first half.

In the second half, Chelsea tried to get back into the atmosphere of the match in light of Leeds’ progress with a clean double, but coach Tuchel’s men failed to form a clear danger to the hosts, so the German coach made lineup changes to activate the end line, but the response Leeds came quickly. Harrison scored the third goal thanks to a decisive pass from the brilliant Rodrigo to make it 3-0 as Chelsea tried in the final meters of the match to heal their wounds but failed to complete their attacks properly and in the 85th minute newcomer Kalidou Koulibaly was sent off to put his team in a difficult situation as the match drew to a close, and then the referee added 3 minutes of added time, but this did not affect the result, so the match ended with a score of 3:0.

In another match, West Ham United continued to achieve negative results, having suffered a third consecutive defeat by their guest Brighton with a score of 2:0. With this important win, Brighton lifted their lead to 7 points in fourth place, with West Ham in last place without points.

Brighton’s brace was scored by Alex McAlister from a penalty spot in the 22nd minute and Leandro Trossard in the 66th minute.