Read Dominic Fifield’s match report:
Andriy Yarmolenko and Álvaro Morata squandered big chances as West Ham and Chelsea played out a stalemate at the London Stadium
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Sun 23 Sep 2018 10.32 EDT
First published on Sun 23 Sep 2018 07.23 EDT
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Some West Ham reaction: Michail Antonio talks. “Looking back, I should have scored but with hindsight you always think you should have done something different. We’ve started to gel, you can see our philosophy and it feels like two points dropped.” Declan Rice adds: “The chances we missed in the first half and the Yarmolenko header at the end, that would have been a crucial turning point. But I’m proud of all the lads, we took so much confidence from last week. We were so close to another three points.”
Full-time: West Ham United 0-0 Chelsea
That’s it. Chelsea drop points for the first time this season. West Ham could have snatched victory with Andriy Yarmolenko heading wide unmarked, while Morata smashed an effort straight at Fabianski. In the end, both teams cancelled each other out.
90+3 min: A spectacular overhead-kick clearance by Yarmolenko allows West Ham to breathe easy once more. It comes straight back at them, but Hazard gets it all wrong from a tight angle. A wild finish!
90+1 min: Willian wastes a golden opportunity, lashing a volley out for a throw-in, instead of teeing up Morata to fire home into an empty net. We’re into the final throws of four added minutes. Suddenly, West Ham are hanging on. Snodgrass is booked for a lunge on Willian. The Brazilian will deliver from the right ...
90 min: Ross Barkley with a stunning, curling effort from 20 yards, but Fabianski gets a strong left hand to it! That was a smarting, devious effort. West Ham clear the resulting corner but back come Chelsea ...
89 min: Hazard plays in Kante, who then feeds Morata to flick the ball into the net ... but Mike Dean had long blown his whistle for offside. Chelsea know it, shrug their shoulders and look to go again. West Ham look ready to settle for a decent point.
88 min: Hazard stabs a little ball into the box, but it’s straight down the throat of Fabianski, who collects. West Ham’s intensity has fizzled as Chelsea attempt to up the ante.
85 min: Sanchez is on for Noble, who soaks the applause of a standing ovation of sorts.
84 min: Carlos Sanchez is being readied for West Ham, as Chelsea continue to probe for a winner ..
81 min: Kante shoots over! Willian does superb, this time down the left. He slides the ball infield, where Kante is waiting but the Frenchman gets it all wrong. Head in hands. That was as good as a chance as Chelsea have had. Both teams have kept pushing. Can one of them find a way through?
79 min: Kovacic is replaced by Ross Barkley.
77 min: A huge miss by Yarmolenko!! The winger meets Snodgrass’ delicious bending cross around the Chelsea defence from the left. On target and it’s in, but Yarmolenko nods wide. A massive chance goes begging. Up in the stands, a stony-faced Arnautovic stands in anger as the London Stadium gasps.
74 min: Hazard tries to work the ball to Morata with a little flick, but he does not get enough weight on the pass. West Ham fail to properly clear their lines, running into trouble and Noble makes a meaty challenge on Kovacic earns Chelsea a free-kick 25 yards from goal. But Fabianski gathers no problem.
73 min: Another change: Felipe Anderson is replaced by Robert Snodgrass.
70 min: Azpilicueta swings in a lovely ball towards the back post, but Hazard cannot direct his header goalwards.
69 min: Gary Cahill gets his wish, and he’s on for Antonio Rudiger, who seemed to have picked up a groin injury of sorts. And now Noble tugs at Jorginho’s shirt to put Chelsea back in the ascendency.
66 min: Morata is straight into the thick of it! After Hazard backheeled the ball into his path, Chelsea recycle possession and force a brilliant instinctive save by Fabianski – whether he knew much about it or not – who prevents Chelsea from taking the lead. The ball actually smacks Fabianski in the face, and he’s down receiving some treatment. He’s OK. Chelsea came alive then, and should probably have taken one of those chances, in truth.
65 min: A couple of personnel changes: Giroud is replaced by Morata. For West Ham, Lucas Perez, who threw his toys out the pram a little last weekend, gladly jumps off the bench in place of Michail Antonio. Manuel Pellegrini rolls the dice.
63 min: Jorginho again plays a cute ball into the box, a little dink in search of Giroud. The Frenchman gets there, but unselfishly tries to lay the ball on for Hazard. Eventually, West Ham crowd him out, before Luiz fouls Antonio down the right flank. West Ham will be happy with this.
60 min: Chelsea are growing frustrated, as the West Ham barricade stands firm once more. Fabianski gathers and West Ham go down the other end on the attack. Noble does well to nick the ball away, reclaiming possession but they cannot carve out the killer final pass.
57 min: Rudiger does superbly to shackle Antonio after the West Ham forward was played through one-on-one. This game hasn’t been dull, end-to-end, in fact. Moments earlier, Willian did brilliantly down the right before crossing low into the box.
54 min: Yarmolenko goes over in the box after a little shove by David Luiz, but nothing’s doing. Masuaku had delivered a sliderule ball from the left, but the West Ham winger cannot reach it, instead cheerleading for a penalty. Chelsea go straight up the other end, winning a corner, and Luiz – involved again – heads over unmarked.
53 min: Willian dinks it in, but Rudiger is penalised for a foul on Diop – presumably a high boot after attempting an ambitious overhead kick.
52 min: Diop miskicks a clearance, and plays West Ham intro trouble. Willian drifts down the right and Anderson upends the Chelsea winger. They have a free-kick, on the edge of the box ...
51 min: As against Everton last weekend, Yarmolenko cuts inside Jorginho and on to his left foot. He bends an effort at goal, but this time it doesn’t end up in the top corner. Still, plenty of encouragement for the hosts.
50 min: Chelsea are not having it all their own way. Obiang sets free Anderson on halfway, and Kante scythes down the West Ham winger. He gets a booking for his troubles too. Chelsea are little sticky, here.
47 min: Hazard, from the edge of his own box, bounces off a series of West Ham challenges, before he eventually gives up the ghost after halfway. He could have done with a bit of help from his team-mates.
46 min: Antonio gets us under way again.
Half-time: West Ham 0-0 Chelsea
Goalless at the interval, then. Both teams have passed up decent chances in an entertaining first 45 minutes; Antonio for the hosts, while Giroud and Kante, on the brink of the half-time whistle, will feel they could have poked their noses in front. All to play for.
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44 min: Kante nods wide! It opens up nicely for Hazard, with Willian doing brilliantly to – first time – sidefoot an inviting ball across the box. There’s Kante to meet it, but he glances his header wide.
40 min: David Luiz manhandles Antonio, and West Ham win a free-kick just inside the Chelsea half. Manuel Pellegrini will be very happy with glimpses of what he has seen; Antonio’s been lively.
37 min: For a moment, Zabaleta and Balbuena have a job on their hands to prevent Hazard from doing damage inside the box, but the West Ham defenders stand their ground and crowd out the Chelsea forward. The visitors’ initial verve has fizzled out a little.
36 min: West Ham seem to have gained a little more control as this game has gone on. Yarmolenko has grown into the match too, causing Alonso a few headaches down the right.
