Chelsea rose fourth on Monday night on the Premier League table with a strenuous 2-1 victory over West Ham United.
Former Chelsea manager Graham Potter sought revenge on his return to Stamford Bridge, and his side West Ham found himself in a command position at halftime after the Jarrod Bowen clinical strike offered them the lead.
But Fortune favored the blues after a break because Pedro Net made a equalization before Aaron Wan-Bissak made his own goal to Chelsea a key victory in their qualifying for the Champions League qualifiers.
How the game took place
WITH Transmission day By turning in the background, both sides have drawn attention to the action on the field on Stamford Bridge. Travel Western ham The supporters were in a big voice for their journey across the capital, but in the 15th minute they almost fell silent as Noni Madueka shot past the post.
Chelsea they won only one of their previous seven Premier league The influences and the team looked low in the initial phase. They failed to test the areola and fought to protrude their belongings while Enzo Fernandez rolled a rare opportunity on a half -hour brand.
Blues was punished for a non -inspirational start just three minutes before the whistle at halftime as Bowen, who first appeared a year after the injury, he used the short return path of Levi Colwill. West Ham -O’s return talisman ran on a loose ball and ruthlessly fired a low ride outside Philip Jorgensen.
Acknowledging that the opener encouraged the lethargic hosts in the dying rush of the first half and the moment of magic from Cole Palmer almost brought a fast equalist. The free kick was the perfect inch headed toward the upper corner before he was extremely rescued by the areola pulled under the crossbar.
Believers in the house were becoming more frustrated because of the continued lack of the invention of Chelsea, but the others were smiling with the remaining 25 minutes while the hosts equalized. He shot the net from Nivevera out of close range after the altercation in the area, but the goal was not without controversy because West Ham thought they should have got a free kick in the buildup. Even a long VAR check couldn’t save the iron.
The restored Stamford Bridge believers were again on their feet only ten minutes later, while Chelsea completed his return. The Talisman Palmer was at the center of their second goal of the evening, and his cross took a huge bumper of Wan-Bissake before entering the far corner.
The ghosts are not surprisingly raised after Chelsea took the lead, and the home side made a continuous pressure on the West Ham goal at the final stages. Areola was forced into an impressive reflex salvation before seeing Palmer’s strike from the edge of the whistle of the whistle next to his position.
The hammers were occasionally bending their muscles on a counter -attack in dying tokens, and Chelsea was supposed to inspire the challenge of the last shot from Tosin Adarabioyo in a time of stop to keep themselves on three key points.
See here players from Chelsea 2-1 West Ham.
Well, it was not particularly nice for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but they will worry a little after a huge victory. After seeing Newcastle United and Manchester City on weekends, Blues knew that they would win them to see their best four enemies.
While the hosts were somehow and remained shadow on the side we saw earlier in the season, on Monday night it was all about the result. It took them more than a little wealth to fall on their way, but persistence paid off against the re -and -humorous West Ham.
After fighting for winning the crossing of the year – this is only their third in all competitions – Enzo Maresca and his players will sleep well, knowing that they have fully used the failures of their rivals.
The victory on Monday could prove to be decisive to come May.
Despite the fact that he scored 22 goals on Stamford Bridge twice, Chelsea only forced the areola on three occasions. They sheltered XG with just 1.37 – just more than West Ham 1,16 – despite their territorial domination.
Most of the evenings looked alarming toothless. Nicolas Jackson remained fed to the remains before the early leaving in the second half, while Madueka and Jadon Sancho were both suffocated in wide areas. Even Palmer was under his chief best.
The net has injected some energy needed from the bench, but the questions will once again be asked about the inability of Chelsea to blind in the last third despite their elite options. Maresca’s side was too slow and worked for a long time and needed a slice of happiness to get them out of a sticky situation.
West Ham has had a terrible wealth with injuries to their forward line over the last few months, and Lucas Paqueta has added its name to the list of injuries, which already includes the attackers of the first and second choices Michail Antonio and Niclas Fullcross. No wonder the hammers were desperately hire Evan Ferguson on borrowing from Brighton & Hove Albion.
But the good news for Potter was that for the first time since his meeting after a rapid recovery from a broken foot, he welcomed Bowen in his initial meeting. The English international guided the line instead of an Orthodox number nine – although Danny Ings was on the bench – and was extremely sharp on his return.
The independent Bowen proved to be a permanent threat to the Center-Halves Chelsea, which struggled to submit its intensity and pressure. An impressive ending was helped by West Ham in front of the break, taking the ball in his progress before it stumbled low in the distant corner.
He finished playing with almost double touches in the opposition penalty area of any other player on the field, and at the same time created two chances and managed the expected assists of 0.38 – only inferior to Palmer.
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