Chelsea defeated West Ham 3-0 away in the first match of the 5th round of the Premier League. Nicholas Jackson scored two goals for the success of the "London Stadium", and the third was the work of Cole Palmer, but after an assist from the 23-year-old scorer, gong.bg reported.
Chelsea co-owners Behdad Egbali and Todd Boyle were satisfied with what they saw on the pitch, watching the match from the stands. Jadon Sancho, who started as a starter for his new team, has already provided two assists in his first two matches for the Londoners. This is what allowed the statisticians to recall that he has more assists in his two matches for the “Blues“ than in his previous 12 Premier League matches for Manchester United.
The match will also be remembered for an extremely controversial situation in the first half, when the chief referee did not award a penalty for a foul in the penalty area in favor of the “Hammers“. Chelsea climbed to second place in the provisional standings with 10 points, the same as Arsenal and Newcastle. However, their matches are still to come from this round. West Ham is in 14th position with only 4 points to its credit.
Chelsea took the lead in the 4th minute as Nico Jackson scored his third goal since the beginning of the season. Starting as a starter, Jadon Snacho found the 23-year-old striker on the ground, he advanced down the left wing to pass the ball through the goalkeeper's legs for 1:0. In the 18th minute, Nicholas Jackson again converted into the West Ham net. After an attack through the center, the striker controlled with a wonderful first touch and a killer pass from Moises Caicedo, advanced to be able to convert exactly for 2:0.
A controversial situation in the 28th minute of the match. West Ham requested a penalty for a violation in the penalty area. The situation was reviewed by VAR. Westley Fofana held back Crescencio Somerville with his hand, but even after a careful "review" of this moment of the match, a penalty was not awarded by the chief referee Samuel Barrot. According to the media in England, the situation in question was interpreted by VAR as "insufficiently long detention by Fofana to be awarded a penalty". In the 32nd minute, West Ham saw the ball enter their opponent's net. However, Mohamed Quds' goal was disallowed due to offside.
Strong minutes followed for the hosts in the second part of the first half, but both teams retired at the break at 2:0 in favor of Chelsea. On the other hand, a minute after the resumption of play, the guests again reached a goal. In the 47th minute, Cole Palmer scored the Hammers' goal for 3-0 after an excellent attack and interaction with Nicholas Jackson. Chelsea played the remaining part of the match very pragmatically and sparingly, having already secured the victory in the match.