Chelsea started the game absolutely brilliantly, with confident passing, excellent movement and two fantastic finishes from Nicolas Jackson within 18 minutes, with Cole Palmer also narrowly missing a goal in between.
But West Ham eventually woke up and started playing and made things a little more uncomfortable for us. Robert Sánchez had to intervene a couple of times, while Mohammed Kudus rightly had a goal disallowed for a clear offside and Wesley Fofana got away with a slight foul on Crysencio Summerville that on another day would have been awarded a penalty.
Chelsea also started the second half brilliantly and Cole Palmer increased the lead to 3-0 after just a few minutes, which calmed my nerves somewhat.
West Ham tried to respond, but the defense held firm and Sánchez made a few more saves when necessary.
Chelsea could have scored a few more goals to make the result even more positive – Félix and Nkunku came very close – but we would settle for third place.
Carefree.
- Jadon Sancho makes first start at Chelsea, Maresca makes several changes compared to last weekend
- Fofana is the latest to try and take over the right-back position with both James and Gusto injured… is Chilwell available? Surely he could do the job, right?
- Assists from Sancho, Caicedo and Jackson
- Clean slate!
- Next up: Third round of the League Cup at home against lower league Barrow AFC
- KTBFFH
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