Marko Arnautovic scored his first West Ham goal, also his first in eight months, and that was enough to hand David Moyes his first win as West Ham United manager. With the goal, Arnautovic became West Ham’s 140th different player to score in the Premier League; only Spurs (142) have seen a higher number of players score for them in the competition.
The early shocker for the fans was the fact that Bakayoko was named in the starting XI despite the fact that he performed poorly in Chelsea’s Champions League clash against Atletico.
After scoring the goal in as early as the 6th minute, Hammers did the obvious; deployed 8, 9, 10 men at the back. Their task was to cut down the threat of Eden Hazard at times and the defensive setup was up to the mark, to say the least. Chelsea could hardly create a goalscoring opportunity in the second half, hence some early substitutions were perfectly evident.
This time again, Bakayoko failed to impress one and all and was rightly substituted for Pedro, while Willian was thrown on to the field as well. The likes of Alvaro Morata, N’Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas had their fair share of chances but were unable to beat Adrian – who started the fixture ahead of Joe Hart. Talking numbers, Chelsea enjoyed the majority of the possession (69%) and attempted 19 shots on goal, however, only two of those were on target.
The closest Chelsea came to scoring was when Alvaro Morata received the ball into the area. All he had to do was to beat Adrian with a precise finish but the Spaniard fired his shot into the side netting and even Antonio Conte was left red-faced.
This is a major blow for us as we have squandered a perfect opportunity to go level on points with Manchester United. With that being done, Chelsea fans – for all right reasons – were left frustrated and this is how they reacted to Bakayoko’s yet another poor showing:
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