Ian Wright has urged Graham Potter to restore Chelsea’s more orthodox full-backs to the starting XI and says he was ‘very confused’ by the line-up in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to Brighton.
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The west Londoners went behind after just five minutes to an early Leandro Trossard strike, while own goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Trevoh Chalobah gave the hosts a three-goal lead at the break.
Kai Havertz pulled a goal back after the restart but Brighton defended stubbornly before Pascal Gross added gloss to the scoreline with a fourth goal in stoppage time.
Potter decided to continue with Christian Pulisic and Raheem Sterling at wing-back, which worked well against RB Salzburg in the Champions League, but Arsenal legend Wright felt it was a massive issue against Brighton and feels he should reconsider his team selection.