Premier League: Brighton 1-3 Chelsea - how you rated the players

Tariq Lamptey
Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey was given a rating of 7.75

Chelsea got off to a winning start in the Premier League this season but it was one of their former players who was rated the man of the match on the BBC Sport website.

Left-back Tariq Lamptey left Chelsea for Brighton in January and he impressed against his former club, making more tackles and interceptions than any of his team-mates as well as excelling going forward.

"He's fun to watch, isn't he?" said Seagulls manager Graham Potter afterwards, who said the 19-year-old's approach is "refreshing".

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said the Blues "tried to keep him" after he made it into the first-team squad, but could not convince the defender to stay.

"You have to give him a bit of credit because he wanted to play games. He'll be a great player here [at Brighton]," Lampard added.

Lamptey picked up the highest rating but how did Chelsea's debutants Timo Werner and Kai Havertz get on? Find out below.

Player of the match

LampteyTariq Lamptey

with an average of 7.75

Brighton & Hove Albion

  1. Squad number2Player nameLamptey
    Average rating

    7.75

  2. Squad number11Player nameTrossard
    Average rating

    6.60

  3. Squad number20Player nameMarch
    Average rating

    6.05

  4. Squad number3Player nameWhite
    Average rating

    5.99

  5. Squad number8Player nameBissouma
    Average rating

    5.98

  6. Squad number14Player nameLallana
    Average rating

    5.88

  7. Squad number5Player nameDunk
    Average rating

    5.82

  8. Squad number7Player nameConnolly
    Average rating

    5.71

  9. Squad number4Player nameWebster
    Average rating

    5.69

  10. Squad number9Player nameMaupay
    Average rating

    5.60

  11. Squad number17Player nameAlzate
    Average rating

    5.57

  12. Squad number1Player nameRyan
    Average rating

    5.56

  13. Squad number13Player nameGroß
    Average rating

    5.23

  14. Squad number16Player nameJahanbakhsh
    Average rating

    5.09

Chelsea

  1. Squad number24Player nameJames
    Average rating

    6.81

  2. Squad number11Player nameWerner
    Average rating

    6.71

  3. Squad number7Player nameKanté
    Average rating

    6.31

  4. Squad number15Player nameZouma
    Average rating

    6.05

  5. Squad number5Player nameJorginho
    Average rating

    5.99

  6. Squad number8Player nameBarkley
    Average rating

    5.74

  7. Squad number4Player nameChristensen
    Average rating

    5.62

  8. Squad number19Player nameMount
    Average rating

    5.55

  9. Squad number28Player nameAzpilicueta
    Average rating

    5.20

  10. Squad number20Player nameHudson-Odoi
    Average rating

    5.14

  11. Squad number29Player nameHavertz
    Average rating

    5.09

  12. Squad number3Player nameAlonso
    Average rating

    4.97

  13. Squad number12Player nameLoftus-Cheek
    Average rating

    4.31

  14. Squad number1Player nameArrizabalaga
    Average rating

    3.71

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