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Matchday Gallery | Paquetá piledriver gives Hammers early lead against Chelsea

West Ham United and Chelsea traded early goals in a fast start at London Stadium to leave our home opener level at 1-1 in the first half.

Lucas Paquetá's stunning sixth-minute strike gave the Irons an early lead, as he smashed a swerving left-footed drive from 25 yards into the top right hand corner of Robert Sánchez's net with six minutes played.

But Chelsea hit back nine minutes later, as Marc Cucurella flicked Pedro Neto's corner on for João Pedro to nod home.

West Ham thought they had re-established their advantage two minutes later, only for a VAR check to show Jean-Clair Todibo was offside in the build-up to Niclas Füllkrug blasting home.

Our photographers are out and about capturing the day so click on the image above for a full gallery.

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