LONDON —
Ben Chilwell proved to be a super sub for Chelsea as they came from behind to
beat London rivals West Ham 2–1 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on
Saturday.
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Chilwell equalised
in the 76th minute, to cancel out Michail Antonio’s opener just after the hour
mark, and then turned provider for Kai Havertz’s winning goal two minutes from
time.
But the Blues still
had to survive a late Hammers rally, with the visitors convinced they had
levelled the game at 2–2 late on through Maxwel Cornet after Chelsea keeper
Edouard Mendy had weakly palmed the ball away having dived a the feet of Jarrod
Bowen.
But Cornet’s effort
was ruled out after a VAR check ruled Bowen’s trailing leg on Mendy a foul in
the build-up.
The second-half
action was a far cry from a dull opening 45 minutes in west London, where
Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana starting just three days after his reported £70
million move from Leicester.
But the match
eventually sparked into life in the 62nd minute when Antonio scored from close
range shortly after Mendy failed to punch clear from a West Ham corner.
Declan Rice
collected the loose ball and squared to Antonio who only had to nudge the ball
across the line.
But with Chelsea
facing the prospect of a third defeat in six matches, Chilwell — sent on by
Blues manager Thomas Tuchel with 18 minutes left to play — turned the game in
the hosts’ favour.
Thiago Silva’s pass
split the
West Ham defence but left Chilwell with plenty to do. But the
substitute still headed the ball on to himself and then spun clear before
shotting through the legs of Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Cornet should have
put West Ham back in front with his first touch off the bench, but he headed
against the post with Mendy beaten.
Chelsea immediately
made the Hammers pay for that miss, sprinting up to the other end where
Chilwell’s low cross found Havertz, who tapped home to make it 2–1.
Moments later,
Cornet seemed to have made amends for his earlier miss only for VAR to deny him
a goal to the evident disgust of Hammers manager David Moyes.
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