Chelsea’s summer signing Nicolas Jackson was the star of the show, the Senegal international bagging his first goal for the club and registering two assists
Chelsea and Brighton played out a pre-season classic in the first fixture of the 2023 Premier League Summer Series.
Mauricio Pochettino’s Blues side followed up their 5-0 win against Wrexham on Thursday with a 4-3 victory over the Seagulls at Lincoln Financial Field.
Chelsea’s summer signing Nicolas Jackson was the star of the show, the Senegal international bagging his first goal for the club and registering two assists.
Fellow arrival Christopher Nkunku netted for the second pre-season match in a row, with Mykhailo Mudryk and Conor Gallagher the other names on the scoresheet for the West Londoners.
Danny Welbeck, Deniz Undav and Joao Pedro grabbed the goals for Brighton but it was a game to forget for the Seagulls’ Dutch defender Jan Paul van Hecke, as he was shown a red card in the 60th minute of play.
Up next for the South Coast club in the Summer Series is a meeting with Brentford on Wednesday, while Chelsea lock horns with Newcastle on the same day.
Erling Haaland continued where he left off last season by bagging a second half brace in Manchester City’s 5-3 win over Yokohama F Marinos.
Pep Guardiola’s side, which included debutant Mateo Kovacic, fell 2-0 behind in the first half but managed to go in at the break level at 2-2 thanks to strikes from John Stones and Julian Alvarez.
Haaland entered the fray after the half-time interval and took just seven minutes to score his first goal of pre-season.
Rodri made it 4-2 with a curling effort from the edge of the box, before Yokohama pulled one back late on through Shion Inoue.
But Haaland made sure City won by a two-goal margin by converting Joao Cancelo’s cross at the back post deep into stoppage time.
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