Alonso's vibrant Chelsea beat Brighton, Fernandes hits hat-trick for Man Utd

LONDON, Aug 30 : Chelsea's vibrant start to life under new manager Xabi Alonso continued with a 4-3 home win over Brighton & Hove Albion and Bruno Fernandes's hat-trick helped Manchester United to a crushing 5-2 win over Ipswich Town to ignite their Premier League season on Sunday.An early goal by Romeo Lavia and efforts by Pedro Neto and Joao Pedro put them 3-0 up after 32 minutes but the visitors hit back through Malick Yalcouye and a Joao Pedro own goal.Cole Palmer settled home nerves, though, with a clinical finish, only for Pascal Gross to head a third for Brighton deep in stoppage time. Chelsea joined Manchester City and Hull City on six points after two rounds of fixtures.United, well-beaten at Hull last weekend, fell behind against another promoted club as Leif Davis gave Ipswich t