Chelsea 2-1 West Ham United, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings

The exclaims of a number of Chelsea loyals had been lastly answered. Supervisor Enzo Maresca, who’s been loyal to Robert Sánchez to a tee, determined to depart the Spanish goalkeeper on the bench in favour of Filip Jorgensen.

For a big chunk of the primary half Jorgensen had little to no work. When he did have to point out up he did effectively, enjoying it safer than Sánchez in events the place the goalkeeper and the backline had been underneath stress.

Upfront Chelsea created a number of good possibilities however nothing to put in writing residence about. In the meantime West Ham had been ready on a quick break or a mistake to exit and pounce on a golden probability.

That mistake lastly occurred. Levi Colwill couldn’t deal with Mohammed Kudus and a nasty cross in direction of Jorgensen became an help for Jerrod Bowen to get West Ham within the lead at Stamford Bridge.

As a substitute of ready too lengthy to make adjustments as he’s normally achieved in the previous couple of matches, Enzo Maresca was very proactive and commenced making strikes on minute 52. One of many gamers he introduced on, Pedro Neto, scored the equaliser for us 12 minutes after his introduction.

West Ham had been getting determined, seeing their grasp plan getting dismantled proper earlier than their eyes. As they pushed ahead, Chelsea discovered some area of their backline and acquired a second objective through Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s personal objective from a magical Cole Palmer play.

The Blues continued to point out their superiority, controlling the pitch and retaining possession whereas irritating West Ham’s seek for quick breaks.

Carefree!

• Filip Jorgensen begins.
• Cole Palmer almost creates some magic to get us out of this stoop within the first half.
• After which he does it within the second half, with nice assist from Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
• Key block from Tosin Adarabioyo within the ultimate minutes of the match to maintain us in entrance.
• Subsequent up: Brighton away within the FA Cup.
• KTBFFH