Chelsea returned to the top four after coming from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 in the Premier League’s London derby on Monday.
Chelsea had the lead in the 15th minute on a counter-attack. With Nicolas Jackson feeding Noni Madueke whose left-footed shot from inside the box was just wide.
Ten minutes later, Reece James crossed to Marc Cucurella. Who ran into the penalty area and headed the ball just wide of the post. ทางเข้า UFABET
Chelsea continue to push forward. Jadon Sancho has a chance to spin with his right foot from the left side of the penalty area. But the ball goes just wide of the crossbar.
When that didn’t work, West Ham, who took a 1-0 lead moments later, got lucky. When Levi Colwill was pressed and his back pass was not well passed to Jarrod Bowen. Who broke free and fired a soft shot into the far post.
In the first half injury time.
Chelsea accelerated hoping to equalize. And had chances from Tosin Adarabioyo, Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer, but all missed.
Chelsea equalized in the second half in the 64th minute. Marc Cucurella passed back to Enzo Fernandez, who shot in the penalty area. But was blocked and bounced to Pedro Neto, who came on as a substitute, who followed up and hit the post. The referee checked for offside and ruled that it was not, making the score 1-1.
70 minutes West Ham almost got Andrew Irving crossed the ball from the left into the penalty area for Mohamed Kudus to head the ball hard but hit the post and went out. However, this moment should have been ruled offside if he had scored.
However, four minutes later.
It was Chelsea who took the lead 2-1. Marc Cucurella passed the ball to Cole Palmer who dribbled into the penalty area on the left before crossing it, which deflected off Aaron Wan-Bissaka, causing the ball to change direction and float over the head of Alphonse Areola before going into the net.
Cole Palmer almost caused West Ham another setback in the 79th minute when he received the ball just outside the penalty area and took a left-footed shot that went just wide of the post.
West Ham almost equalised in stoppage time on a counter-attack, with Jarrod Bowen running down the right before cutting inside for Mohammed Kudus to spin and shoot from close range, only for Adarabioyo to block.
Then the game ended with Chelsea collecting 3 important points by overtaking West Ham 2-1, adding 43 points and returning to 4th place again, while West Ham is still in 15th place.