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Brighton attacker Leandro Trossard breaks Prem record in victory over Chelsea

Brighton attacker Leandro Trossard broke a Premier League record during Saturday's victory over Chelsea.

The Belgian opened the scoring after just five minutes helping to hand Blues boss Graham Potter his first defeat in charge of the club against the side he just departed.

The win for the Seagulls was new manager Roberto De Zerbi's first since taking over from Potter.

And remarkably in his five matches previous only Trossard had scored for him - netting four times.

The 27-year-old registering the first goal in the win over Chelsea meant that Trossard hit the opening five goals of the De Zerbi era.

This broke a record as he became the first player in Prem history to score the first five goals under a new manager.

Derby striker Fabrizio Ravenelli and Norwich's Teemu Pukki both held the record of four together before Trossard smashed it.

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