Chelsea Up To Fifth With London Derby Victory
22 December, 2020
Premier League
Result: Chelsea 3-0 West Ham United
Date: 21 December 2020
Venue: Stamford Bridge
Tammy Abraham bagged a second-half brace to inspire Chelsea to a 3-0 win over London rivals West Ham United on Monday night.
Frank Lampard was forced into an early re-shuffle on eight minutes as left-back Ben Chilwell suffered a knock after a collision with Jarrod Bowen. He was replaced by Emerson.
Nevertheless, the Blues took the lead minutes later when Thiago Silva lost his marker to head home from Mason Mount's corner for his second league goal of the growing season.
The Hammers showed a little more fight as the half went on and were able to carve out a chance on 33 minutes but Silva was in the proper position to block Bowen's goal-bound effort.
Chelsea should have had another goal when Christian Pulisic played Timo Werner through on goal right before the break, however, the German winger failed to beat Lukasz Fabianski from close range.
The Hammers saw far more of the ball in the next half because they went in search of an equalizer, nonetheless, they were disappointed by the final pass around the 18-yard area.
The visitors were designed to pay for not taking good thing about their dominance as the Blues doubled their lead on 78 minutes as Werner's pass found Abraham, who calmly slotted past Fabianski.
Abraham was not done there following the Blues striker completed his brace two minutes later with another close-range finish after Pulisic's effort was saved by Fabianski.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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