Chelsea v West Ham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as own goal gives Blues narrow win

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham: Neto’s rebound and Wan-Bissaka’s deflection from a Cole Palmer cross gave the Blues a win that moved them into fourth

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Chelsea beat West Ham 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday night as Enzo Maresca’s side returned to the Champions League places.

The hosts started the brighter of the two sides as Noni Madueke and Enzo Fernandez spurned chances, with West Ham more than happy to sit back and wait to pounce on Chelsea mistakes.

And they did exactly that as Levi Colwill’s pass back towards goal went straight into the path of an unmarked Jarrod Bowen, who was clean through and arrowed a low finish past Filip Jorgensen.

The second half started with chances for both sides, but it was Enzo Maresca’s changes that paid off as Pedro Neto rifled in after pinball in the box.

From there, Chelsea were in the ascendancy, peppering the West Ham area before Cole Palmer’s cross took a cruel deflection off Aaron Wan-Bissaka, taking it into the back of the West Ham net to move the Blues back into the Premier League’s top four.

Follow all the action from Stamford Bridge with our live blog below:

Chelsea vs West Ham LIVE

• Chelsea beat West Ham 2-1 in the Premier League
• Neto's rebound and Cole Palmer's shot deflected by Aaron Wan-Bissaka gave the Blues three point and moved back into top four
• 74' GOAL! Wan-Bissaka deflects a cross from Palmer into his own net (CHE 2-1 WHU)
• 64' GOAL! Neto scores rebound after pinball in the area (CHE 1-1 WHU)
• 42' GOAL! Bowen capitalises on Colwill mistake to give Hammers the lead (CHE 0-1 WHU)

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

88 mins

Guilherme’s first involvement is to swing in a cross that is headed back to Bowen, but the England man can’t get the shot away in the box and Chelsea win a free-kick.

3 February 2025 21:47

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Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

86 mins

West Ham bring on Luis Guilherme for Aaron Creswell as they hunt an equaliser.

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Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

85 mins

The corner comes to nothing but Chelsea are still dominating here, with the visitors struggling to get out of their own half.

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

83 mins

The game is opening up a little bit as West Ham are forced to press for an equaliser. Neto wins a corner, and that’ll keep the pressure off for a little longer.

3 February 2025 21:44

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Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

81 mins

Chelsea are playing in a far more calm manner now that they have the lead, and are limiting West Ham when they’re in possession.

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

79 mins

Danger for West Ham as Palmer picks it up in between the lines just outside the box, and curls an effort narrowly wide of the near post.

3 February 2025 21:39

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Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

77 mins

West Ham make another two changes as Soler and Irving come off for Danny Ings and Orford. Irving had just been booked for dragging down Palmer on the wing.

From that free-kick, the ball bounces off Soucek towards the goal, forcing a great save from Areola.

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GOAL! Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

75 mins

GOAL!

Chelsea were still causing havoc in the West Ham box and the pressure has paid off!

Cucurella lays it off to Cole Palmer, who drives into the box and hits a cross that deflects off a sliding Wan-Bissaka and straight into the far corner!

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Chelsea 1-1 West Ham

72 mins

Two changes for the visitors as Mavropanos and Scarles come on for Coufal and Emerson.

3 February 2025 21:31

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Chelsea 1-1 West Ham

70 mins

OFF THE POST! Doesn’t matter in the end as he was offside, but he should score!

The early cross comes in from Cresswell and Chelsea haven’t had the time to reset. It’s into the corridor between ‘keeper and defenders, and Kudus heads against the post from close range.