Chelsea v West Ham LIVE: Premier League outcome and response as personal aim offers Blues slender win
Chelsea can fire themselves back into the top four when they face West Ham in a Monday night Premier League outing at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues’ main aim for the season is to secure Champions League football and, though a place in the top five may do it this year, they cannot take any chances and must finish fourth or higher to guarantee a place in the European top-flight.
A win over the Hammers would take Enzo Maresca men to within four points of third but they will need to turnaround a poor run of form that has seen them win just one of their last seven league games.
Tonight they face a West Ham side who are languishing in 15th in the table with the Hammers having lost one, drawn one and won one of their three matches so far under Graham Potter.
Follow all the action from Stamford Bridge with our live blog below:
Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
West Ham are still looking dangerous on the counter, as evidenced by Wan-Bissaka getting forward and clipping in a cross that Chelsea struggle to deal with. Bowen just couldn’t quite get the shot away.
Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
Some early changes for the hosts as Pedro Neto and Marc Guiu come on for Jadon Sancho and Nicolas Jackson.
Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
Chelsea have tried to inject some early pace into the attack so far, though Madueke is the latest to be dispossessed when attempting a dribble into the box.
Moments later, Palmer sees a tame effort deflected away.
Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
Half a chance for West Ham to start the half as Wan-Bissaka flashes a ball across goal that bounces to Emerson, and the former Chelsea man fires a half-volley over.
KICK-OFF! Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
The away side get us started in the second half of this London derby.
No changes to report.
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
It wasn’t a classic first half at Stamford Bridge, but Chelsea have shown enough to be ahead – but coupled with a moment of lacking concentration from Colwill, it means they’re behind.
The hosts will know they have enough to still win this game, but they’ll need to be more direct and a little less pedestrian in possession.
HALF-TIME! Chelsea 0-1 West Ham



HALF-TIME! Chelsea 0-1 West Ham
Lawrence Ostlere at Stamford Bridge:
“I was right behind that pass by Levi Colwill and he might as well have sent a text to Jarrod Bowen ahead of time.
“Bowen read it, Colwill’s teammates didn’t, and once the West Ham captain was in behind, the goal felt inevitable. West Ham fans went berserk, while Graham Potter stayed pretty stoic.”