Brighton 0 Chelsea 4 LIVE: Premier League 2017-18 football as it happened at Amex Stadium - goals, highlights

Brighton 0 Chelsea 4 | Premier League | Amex Stadium

Eden Hazard scored twice to inspire Chelsea to a 4-0 win over Brighton as the champions overcame a number of selection issues.

With top scorer Alvaro Morata and Pedro suspended and four other players, including Thibaut Courtois, sidelined with injury, Hazard rose to the occasion to prove Chelsea's talisman once again.

The Belgian first netted in just the third minute before Willian finished off an impressive team attack to double Chelsea's advantage three minutes later.

Brighton had two penalty appeals turned down and, with 13 minutes left on the clock, Hazard made a fine run into the box and bagged his second of the afternoon before Victor Moses added a late fourth to move Chelsea level on points with second-placed Manchester United.

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Team news

Brighton: Ryan, Goldson, Duffy, Dunk, Schelotto, Stephens, Propper, Suttner, March, Gross, Hemed

Subs: Hunemeier, Kayal, Baldock, Murray, Izquierdo, Rosenior, Krul

Chelsea: Caballero, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Rudiger, Moses, Kante, Bakayoko, Alonso, Willian, Batshuayi, Hazard

Subs: Barkley, Musonda, Zappacosta, Luiz, Eduardo, Ampadu, Sterling

Referee: Jonathan Moss (County Durham)