James’ Stunner Helps Clinical Chelsea Sink Brighton
BRIGHTON, England (Dispatches) - Chelsea got their Premier League campaign on track after 20-year-old right back Reece James helped them to a 3-1 win at Brighton & Hove Albion with a spectacular goal on Monday.
New signings Timo Werner and Kai Havertz made their debuts up front after the German internationals joined Frank Lampard’s side from the Bundesliga during the close season.
But it was James who gave the visitors a 2-1 lead with a thunderbolt into the top corner from 25 meters before a deflected shot by central defender Kurt Zouma sealed the points.
"It was a hard game after 1-1 but then Reece scored an amazing goal. We are very happy that we won today,” said Werner. "We had a lot of players not in the rhythm now but I think we will get better and better when we play more games together.”
New signings Timo Werner and Kai Havertz made their debuts up front after the German internationals joined Frank Lampard’s side from the Bundesliga during the close season.
But it was James who gave the visitors a 2-1 lead with a thunderbolt into the top corner from 25 meters before a deflected shot by central defender Kurt Zouma sealed the points.
"It was a hard game after 1-1 but then Reece scored an amazing goal. We are very happy that we won today,” said Werner. "We had a lot of players not in the rhythm now but I think we will get better and better when we play more games together.”