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WHU vs CHE
English Premier League
London Stadium, London
West Ham
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Chelsea
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That wraps things up here on Tribe, thanks for joining us. Chelsea emphatically win a third consecutive away league game, while West Ham pick up a third straight league defeat at the London Stadium. We've got all the action from the remaining games in the Premier League on the way today and tomorrow. Don't go anywhere!
West Ham can put their Premier League struggles to one side when they head to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday, before another London derby at Brentford next Saturday. They remain 14th on four points from five games, but could drop depending on results later this weekend. Chelsea are also in Carabao Cup action at home to League Two Barrow on Tuesday night, before Brighton visit Stamford Bridge next Saturday. They will hope to keep themselves firmly around the top four places with victory there, after three points here moved them up to 2nd ahead of the remaining round five fixtures.
This was as comfortable as it gets for Chelsea, and a far cry from the 3-1 defeat they suffered here last season. Striking twice early on through Nicolas Jackson, the game still felt somewhat in the balance at the break as West Ham grew in confidence. Cole Palmer's third within two minutes of the restart effectively put the result beyond doubt, and took all the hope out of this West Ham side. From there Enzo Maresca was able to rest many of his key players, with Palmer and Jackson both taken off just after the hour mark. With so many matches coming up in such a short period, that would have delighted the new Chelsea head coach. Three wins from three on the road in the Premier League is a fantastic record, and now Maresca will hope they can break their Stamford Bridge duck next time out.
West Ham endured an afternoon to forget today. The few fans left in the stands at the end made their displeasure felt with boos, and five games in Julen Lopetegui already feels under pressure. Mohammed Kudus was a rare bright spark in attack, always looking capable of taking on his marker and creating an opening. Very few players around him had the energy levels or quality to say similar. They did come up against a very impressive Chelsea side today, so Lopetegui will hope results improve against the likes of Brentford and Ipswich in their next two league games. Certainly at the back there are no excuses for how easy they made it for Chelsea to cut them open today.
A clinical and comfortable Chelsea victory on the road here, one which felt certain as soon as Cole Palmer added a third goal early in the second half. That's three away wins from three for them. West Ham simply weren't at it today, and there's plenty for Julen Lopetegui to work on as they slip to a third consecutive home league defeat to start the season.
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BLOCKED! WIDE! Mohammed Kudus has a chance to get one last strike in on goal. Tomas Soucek helps it towards him from the right. In the centre 20 yards out Kudus can't find the target as Levi Colwill blocks his effort. Chelsea race forward on the counter. Joao Felix is able to line up a strike but can't find the target either. His effort curls wide of the bottom left corner from 15 yards out in the middle.
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Marc Cucurella has to slide to keep possession alive for Chelsea near halfway. Carlos Soler steams in and catches him late. It's a poor challenge and Soler receives a yellow card. There's been plenty of them for West Ham today.
C. Soler
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Carlos Soler turns and plays a high ball out to Aaron Cresswell up the left for West Ham. His cross towards Mohammed Kudus in the middle is well cut out in the air by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.