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:
FT: Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Read our report of Chelsea’s win over West Ham here. It was a rather poor game which burst into life at the end with a host of last-gasp shocks!
Chelsea secure late win over weakened West Ham despite Jorginho penalty miss
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham: The match looked destined for a stalemate until a late Dawson red card led to the late flurry of key moments
Liverpool vs Everton
Frank Lampard says ‘we need to get everything right’ to get something from the trip to Anfield today.
Meanwhile, Jurgen Klopp is intently watching the Everton players warm-up. An unnerving sight, you imagine.
Team news
Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Keita, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Mane, Jota.
Subs: Kelleher, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas, Henderson, Jones, Millner, Origi, Diaz.
Everton XI: Pickford, Coleman, Holgate, Godfrey, Mykolenko, Allan, Doucoure, Iwobi, Gordon, Gray, Richarlison.
Subs: Begovic, Kenny, Keane, Delph, Branthwaite, El Ghazi, Alli, Rondon, Price.
Liverpool vs Everton
Well, well, well. Suddenly this game is absolutely seismic for both Merseyside clubs.
Liverpool can reduce the gap to Manchester City back to just one point with a victory. Everton now need a win to move out of the bottom three after Burnley’s win over Wolves.
I’m no historian, but this has to be one of the biggest ever Merseyside derbies. HUGE.
Premier League full time results
Southampton fought back from two goals down to draw at Brighton in the other early kick-off.
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Brighton 2-2 Southampton
Burnley 1-0 Wolves
FT: Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Full-time: Chelsea got there in the end. After a torrid first half of football, Chelsea eventually got going late on and found the winner through substitute Christian Pulisic.
Jorginho’s blushes were spared after he rolled a woeful penalty into the arms of Lukasz Fabianski following Craig Dawson’s foul on Romelu Lukaku. Dawson was also shown a red card for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Yet despite Jorginho’s spot kick miss, Pulisic finally broke a depleted West Ham side down in the final moments of the match to hand Chelsea their first home win in four games.
Burnley 1-0 Wolves
Burnley have beaten Wolves and move out of the relegation zone! Everton are now two points adrift of Burnley ahead of the Merseyside derby at 4.30pm.
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
90+3 mins: Chelsea knocking the ball around confidently now as they see out this one against the tired 1 men of West Ham.
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
90+1 mins: Mount fires a dipping shot narrowly over the bar. Chelsea have woken up in stoppage time at the end of the match.
There will be a minimum of four minutes added time.
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