West Ham vs Burnley LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction today
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Two Premier League matches are on show on Easter Sunday, before the world of football turns its attention to the FA Cup semi-final and we’ll have coverage of it all right here on the Independent. First up, the focus is on east London, where West Ham United host Burnley, who hit the headlines on Friday for the surprise sacking of manager Sean Dyche.
The Clarets are four points from safety with eight games to play as they battle for survival in the top flight, with the last game under Dyche being the 2-0 defeat to bottom club Norwich last week. The Hammers, meanwhile, also lost by the same scoreline at Brentford at the same time - but in midweek matters took a massive upturn as they overcame Lyon in the Europa League to book a semi-final berth against Eintracht Frankfurt.
While David Moyes’ team will naturally be hoping for a trophy and the Champions League spot which comes with it, they still have domestic matters to attend to as well if they want to seal a coveted top-six finish, being three points behind both Manchester United and Arsenal at present, having played a game more than the Gunners. Follow all the live updates from West Ham vs Burnley, with updates from Newcastle vs Leicester below:
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
85 mins: In among all the second goal celebrations, Romelu Lukaku also came on for Kai Havertz. I did not spot that and, in fairness, he has barely touched the ball since.
N’Golo Kante also came on for Jorginho.
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
83 mins: Thiago Silva comes on for Andreas Christensen. The Dane has been very impressive this afternoon.
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
82 mins: Chelsea are beginning to string some neat passes together now. Werner finds Ziyech at the end of a flowing move and the Algerian curls a decent effort into the arms of Butland from the edge of the area.
The Chelsea supporters making all the noise now.
Palace break again and Ayew has space to slide Benteke through the middle but decides to take the shot on instead. It deflects off James and back onto Ayew for a goal kick. Poor.
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
80 mins: That may well have been the opportunity for Palace to get back into the game. They may not get another one better than that before the final whistle.
Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
78 mins: OH, HOW WAS ANDERSEN MISSED?!
Palace have a corner which is flicked on by Ayew and Andersen is all alone at the back post but he heads over from three yards!
Had to score.
GOAL! Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace (Mount, 76)
76 mins: THAT COULD WELL BE THE MATCH!
Just as Palace begin to open up in search of an equaliser and they are undone by a lovely Chelsea move.
Mount plays a neat one-two with Werner before his first touch takes him away from his marker and he slots home a sumptuous finish to perhaps put the game to bed.
Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
74 mins: Olise is straight on the attack as he looks to slide Zaha in down the right channel but James gets across to clear.
Ayew then brilliantly slides Zaha in but six yards from goal he can’t find a way to get a shot off as Christiansen watches him all the way. Then they work it over to the other side but Olise is doubled up on and can’t stand a cross up.
Palace committing men forward now.
Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
73 mins: Here come two Crystal Palace changes. Michael Olise and Christian Benteke replace James McArthur and Jeffrey Schlupp.
Chelsea 1-0 Crystal Palace
72 mins: You imagine we may well see Michael Olise in the next few minutes. Palace boss Vieira needs to roll the dice.
Loftus-Cheek fouls Schlupp with an ugly-looking scissor challenge in the middle of the park. Gets away with a simple talking to from ref Anthony Taylor.
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