Chelsea vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League results, final scores and reaction from today’s games
Follow all the latest reaction from Sunday’s three early kick-offs at Stamford Bridge, Turf Moor and the Amex Stadium
It was not pretty and, when Jorginho hopped, skipped and fluffed an 87th-minute penalty, it looked like it would not come at all. But Chelsea were able to squeeze out a narrow 1-0 victory over West Ham thanks to Christian Pulisic’s 90th-minute winner in a match that will not last long in the memory.
The goal itself was smartly constructed and taken. On as a second-half substitute, Pulisic timed and adjusted a run into the box to get on the end of Marcos Alonso’s cut-back, after Mason Mount had carried the ball forward in desperation. The American stroked a finish into the far corner from his left foot for his fourth goal of the Premier League campaign. The equalling of last season’s tally that little bit less important than the end of a run two successive home deafest, and a much-needed clean sheet after shipping four goals in both.
Thomas Tuchel was relieved rather than buoyed. This was not a display to hang your hat on, and it is hard to think of a player beyond the usual suspects of Mount and Thiago Silva who emerged with any top-up of credit. But the three points re-establishes distance between them and Arsenal - now five points, with a game in hand. Follow all the team news, build-up and latest scores from all three games below:
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
14 mins: Mount fizzes the ball into Werner on the edge of the box and he challenges Johnson as it gets stuck under their feet. Eventually West Ham are awarded the free-kick.
Alonso clips a ball over the top which is safely into the arms of Hammers keeper Fabianski.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
12 mins: A host of empty seats around Stamford Bridge. It looks even more empty than the Arsenal game in midweek.
Cesar Azpilicueta somehow had his boot ruined inside the penalty box and was forced to go off to change footwear. Bizarre one.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
10 mins: West Ham enjoy their first period of possession as they make their way into the Chelsea half for the first real time in the match.
Masuaku delivers a pacey cross into the middle which troubles the Chelsea back line but Silva gets enough on it to scoop it into the air before Mendy gathers. That was crucial as Benrahma was lurking in behind.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
8 mins: Chelsea pinging the ball around nicely but they’re yet to really threaten the West Ham defence.
Loftus-Cheek fizzes a decent-looking cross in which Dawson does well to head clear. Kante then tries to pick out the corner but his tame shot drifts a few yards past the post.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
6 mins: Dawson tries to pick Coufal out with a free-kick from deep but he puts too much on it and it drifts out for a goal kick for the home side.
A little subdued start to this game.
Brighton 1-0 Southampton
Brighton have raced into the lead against Southampton. Danny Welbeck breaking the deadlock after less than two minutes.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
4 mins: Kante lifts a ball in towards Werner but it’s headed clear by Coufal and West Ham eventually usher it away for a goal kick.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
2 mins: Pitch looking delightful by the way. None of the bumpy hills that Tuchel appeared to be describing on Wednesday night.
West Ham immediately into a defensive shape as Chelsea ping the ball around just inside the Hammers’ half.
Chelsea 0-0 West Ham
1 min: Here we go then! We are underway at Stamford Bridge.
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