A spectacular overhead kick from Alireza Jahanbakhsh secured a 1-1 draw for Brighton & Hove Albion against Chelsea at Amex Stadium.

Cesar Azpilicueta opened the scoring on 10 minutes, reacting quickest and tapping home after Aaron Mooy had cleared Tammy Abraham’s strike off the line.

Jahanbakhsh produced a very early contender for the goal of the new decade with a brilliant overhead kick seven minutes from time, after captain Cesar Azpilicueta had given the visitors an early lead.

The Iranian’s stunner – his second Premier League goal in as many games – was no more than Albion deserved after they recovered well having gone behind inside ten minutes.

Kepa Arrizabalaga made good saves to deny Leandro Trossard and Aaron Connolly before the goal, and he produced an even better stop in the closing stages to keep out Neal Maupay’s drive.

Graham Potter had made two changes to the team which beat Bournemouth, with Adam Webster and Steven Alzate coming in for Shane Duffy and Jahanbakhsh, who were both on the bench.

Alzate had a chance in the sixth minute after good approach play by Trossard and Maupay created space for Alzate, whose volley from just inside the box was deflected wide.

But the visitors went in front after ten minutes. Albion failed to clear Willian’s corner on the right and after Aaron Mooy had made a goal-line clearance to deny Tammy Abraham, Azpilicueta marked his 100th Chelsea appearance with a tap-in.

With Azpilicueta and Reece James pushing on at every opportunity, Albion found it tough to get a grip, particularly in midfield, and they suffered another blow when James floored Dan Burn with a heavy challenge and the defender went off with his left arm in a sling. Bernardo replaced him.

Chelsea threatened again in the 28th minute when Abraham broke into the box, but with Willian unmarked to his right, the striker took on the shot and Webster managed to get in a crucial deflection which took it over the bar.

Midway through the half, Jahanbakhsh came on for Mooy and had a chance with 17 minutes to go when the ball broke for him on the edge of the box, but he failed to keep his right-foot effort on target

Albion went close again with 12 minutes left. Trossard’s free-kick from the corner of the box was flicked on to Connolly, who turned his marker only for Arrizabalaga to spring to his right to push away the Irishman’s volley.

But the equaliser they deserved arrived in the 83rd minute. Dunk’s header inside the box was met with a spectacular overhead kick by Jahanbakhsh, which flew into the bottom right-hand corner.

Callum Hudson-Odoi wasted an opportunity for Chelsea on the break when he fired over, but the Seagulls went close to winning it in the closing stages but Arrizabalaga made a great save with his feet to keep out Maupay’s shot.

Brighton came close to equalising before half-time but Leandro Trossard was denied by a sharp save from Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Aaron Connolly tested Kepa again with just over 10 minutes to play and Brighton’s persistence paid off in the 84th minute.

Lewis Dunk kept the ball alive from a corner-kick and Jahanbakhsh acrobatically found the bottom-left corner to give his team a share of the points.