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  "id": 4483540,
  "title": "Chelsea maintain perfect start in seven-goal Brighton thriller",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/chelsea-maintain-perfect-start-in-seven-goal-brighton-thriller-4483540",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-30T19:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Chelsea maintained their perfect start to the season under Xabi Alonso, beating Brighton 4-3 at Stamford Bridge in a seven-goal encounter. According to the BBC Sport, the win was secured despite a Brighton fightback.\n\nThe Daily Post Nigeria reported that Chelsea's new goalkeeper Emi Martinez, a World Cup winner, conceded three goals in his first game for the Blues but the team managed to win. Martinez had joined the club just hours before the game.\n\nThe goals for Chelsea were scored by Romeo Lavia, Pedro Neto, João Pedro, and Cole Palmer, as reported by Adom Online, which also detailed Brighton's fightback, with Malick Yalcouye and Pascal Gross scoring for the visitors.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/joao-pedro-a-central-figure-player-ratings-for-chelsea-v-brighton",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:02:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "Chelsea beat Brighton in seven-goal thriller, Leeds hold Brentford",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/chelsea-beat-brighton-in-seven-goal-thriller-leeds-hold-brentford",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:47:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Chelsea beat Brighton in seven-goal thriller to extend Alonso's perfect start",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/chelsea-beat-brighton-in-seven-goal-thriller-to-extend-alonsos",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:01:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "EPL: Chelsea beat Brighton 4-3 to extend Alonso’s perfect start",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/epl-chelsea-beat-brighton-4-3-to-extend-alonsos-perfect-start",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:18:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Alonso on Caicedo injury worry, Pedro Neto’s future, Enzo Fernandez latest and win over Brighton",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/alonso-on-caicedo-injury-worry-pedro-netos-future-enzo-fernandez",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:20:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Fernandes treble inspires Man Utd rout, Chelsea beat Brighton in thriller",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/fernandes-treble-inspires-man-utd-rout-chelsea-beat-brighton-in",
        "published": "2026-08-30T17:46:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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