West Ham vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result and reaction after visitors cruise to victory
West Ham 0-3 Chelsea: Enzo Maresca’s side climbed into the top four after beating the Hammers
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Your support makes all the difference.Chelsea produced a strong performance to capitalise on an abject West Ham United showing and climb into the Premier League’s top four.
An early double from Nicolas Jackson set the visitors on course before Cole Palmer added a third in the second half to make certain of victory for Enzo Maresca’s side. After an unsettled start to the season amid off-field chaos and on-field questions, this was a third win on the bounce for Chelsea as they continue to show signs of real promise under their new manager. Jadon Sancho, making his first start, again impressed while the sometimes profligate Jackson took both of his goals nicely.
It was a rather more fretful afternoon for Julen Lopetegui, the West Ham boss casting a frustrated figure on the touchline. Midfielder Guido Rodriguez was hooked after just 35 minutes as Lopetegui tried unsuccessfully to spark his side into life. Audible boos were heard at half time while plenty of home fans headed for the exit with 15 minutes still to play after another lacklustre performance.
Re-live all the action from the London Stadium in our live blog below:
Nicolas Jackson brace helps Chelsea ease to victory as West Ham fans turn on Julen Lopetegui
Goals from Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer secured another away win for Chelsea and raised serious questions about West Ham‘s direction under new boss Julen Lopetegui.
The Spaniard looked furious as his expensively-assembled side crashed to a humiliating 3-0 defeat at home to their London rivals.
Jackson scored twice, the first within three minutes of kick-off, and Palmer added a third just moments into the second half.
It means all Lopetegui has to show for a £120m outlay on nine summer signings since replacing David Moyes is three home defeats, a scrappy win at Crystal Palace and a last-gasp draw with Fulham.
Just five matches in and the London Stadium crowd - many of whom wanted Moyes out despite the Scot overseeing the club’s most successful period in decades - turned on the new manager midway through the second half.
Chelsea ease to victory as West Ham fans turn on Lopetegui
West Ham 0-3 Chelsea: Two goals from Jackson and a third from Cole Palmer piled pressure on the home manager, who is enduring a difficult start to life in east London
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It doesn’t get any easier for the Hammers, as they travel to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup in midweek.
They follow that with a Premier League match in another London derby, this one away at Brentford.
Chelsea host Barrow on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup, before hosting Brighton at home on Saturday 28 September.
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Lopetegui says that West Ham “suffered very early on, [with] two goals”.
“If you want to compete you have to be consistent. After this it is more difficult.
“We had more chances than them in the first half, we had one penalty, maybe two, and we said that one goal is going to be key in changing the match, but after we conceded a goal too.
“[We’re] very sad, very disappointed, for the fans above all, but we know that the league is long, and we have to look forward and have to change things.”
Enzo Maresca is speaking to TNT now, and he says he is “very happy”.
“They are a very good team, they have some fantastic players, but overall it think we deserved to win the game.
“It’s quite easy, if they [the players] don’t buy [into it] they don’t play!
“They have been open minded, we have been a bit intense, but this is the moment when I need to insist.”
He adds that he is most happy with “Nicolas and Cole, because the way we prepared was to set them against three players. [They scored] the goals but especially the work off the ball.”
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Bowen is speaking to TNT now, and he says that he doesn’t think “we were ever in the game really”.
“I think the goals they scored were every easy, almost gifts. You have to be switched on at every moment, and they punished us.[We’re] disappointed all round.”
He says that “a number of things” went wrong.
“As a player you have to lead and rally everyone together, but I just thought we gave them too much respect in the end. I dont think we did enough today to punish them.
“We came out second half, almost nothing to lose, and we concede a goal after a minute.
“[It was] a disappointing day, but the game is done, we accept the defeat.
“The games are coming thick and fast.It’s still early in the season, still a lot of games to go, and now it’s about rallying together as a group.”
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Since making his debut for Chelsea in September 2023, Cole Palmer has contributed to more goals in the Premier League than any other player, with 39 G/A. Haaland is next up, with 38.
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Jackson adds that his confidence is “growing higher with my teammates, they help me a lot and they have confidence in me”
“We keep going. This one is finished and next week we go onto another one.
“The most important thing is for the team to win.
“I am happy to play always. To fight for the team and the team to win is the most important thing.”
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Palmer and Jackson spoke to TNT after the final whistle, with the Englishman saying that the London Stadium is “a tough place to come”
“A good three points, we are happy.
“Everybody knows he [Nicolas Jackson] is a top player - he needs to keep going. The Chelsea fans and players rate him highly - we know what he is capable of.
“There will always be noise, we try to block it out and listen to the manager. We have a good manager and it can only help us to get better.”
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While we wait for some reaction, below are the 3pm kick-offs for today.
Aston Villa v Wolves
Fulham v Newcastle
Southampton v Ipswich
Tottenham v Brentford
Leicester City v Everton
Liverpool v Bournemouth
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