West Ham 1-5 Chelsea
Hermansen:1 The poor bloke must wonder what the hell is going on. He certainly wouldn’t have expected to play behind a worse defence than Leicester City last season. He was awful to say the least but honestly . . . who was? Flapped at the ball as he let in his 4th and the 5th was even worse. Will need his confidence rebuilding and to be taken out of the team.
Todibo:4 Could have been better positionally for the Fernandez goal.
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Kilman:3 Far too weak with his challenge in the build-up to Chelsea’s third aster 33 mins.
Aguerd:4 Won the ball which led to West Ham’s opener. Did well to track a run from Gusto and match him for pace but he and Diouf really struggled to contain the wing-play.
Wan Bissaka:2 Switched off as Chelsea equalised in a crazy and frenetic start to the game. Did the same again for Chelsea’s second as he failed to track Neto. Completed his hat-trick as Fernandez scored the Blues 3rd from the back post too.
Ward Prowse:2 Powerless to impact the game in any way. JWP has lost his set-piece X-factor and all that is left is an honest hard worker. the way Cucurella ran past him in the build up to Chelsea’s corner ahead of their 4th was truly frightening.
Soucek:3 Forgot he was playing until he misplaced a pass in the 27th min. Had a half chance after Chelsea had given up trying.
Paqueta:5 Opened the scoring with an incredible swerving shot from 20 yards after only 5 mins. Should have done much better as Marc Cucurella outjumped him in the build up to the equaliser only 10 mins later.
West Ham 1-5 Chelsea – Paqueta put the Hammers ahead with a screamer
Diouf:4 Made a goal saving header at the back post denying Chelsea a goal but unfortunately they scored from the resulting corner. Put Paqueta under pressure by playing out from the back which ultimately resulted in the away team going 2-1 up after only 22 mins.
Bowen:4 Played slightly wider which might have helped but I’m starting to think that Potter doesn’t know how to get the best out of West Ham’s star man. He really tried and looked better when we switched formation but there were few crumbs of comfort.
Fullkrug:3 Scored with a good left foot shot which was overruled for offside by VAR. Went down on several occasions as he wan man-handled by pretty much everyone.
Neto taunts the London Stadium crowd
Substitutes
Wilson:5 Part of a double swap at half time for Fullkrug. Missed a decent chance at 5-1 down but it didn’t impact anything.
Potts:5 On for Todibo
Walker Peters:5 On for Soucek on 70 mins and did okay but the opposition had long since given up really trying.