For the second day of the Premier League, Mauricio Pochettino’s Chelsea traveled to the Olympic Stadium in London to face David Moyes’ West Ham in a derby in the English capital. The Blues, held to a draw at home to Manchester United last week, had the chance to claim their first league victory against the Hammers, who only returned from Bournemouth with the point of the parity score .
The locals quickly put pressure on their opponent in the afternoon with the opener signed Nayef Aguerd, on a corner from their last summer recruit, James Ward-Prowse (1-0, 7th). In the process, the CFC believed to obtain a penalty via Nicholas Jackson, mowed down by Alphonse Areola, but the VAR detected an illicit position at the start of the action (8th). The men in blue then settled in the opposing half of the field, before concretizing this domination with the equalizer of Carney Chukwuemeka (1-1, 28th).
Aguerd scorer… then expelled
On a foul committed by Thomas Soucek on Raheem Sterling, Enzo Fernandez saw his penalty stopped by Alphonse Areola to the left of his goals (42nd). And after losing their first goalscorer at the end of the first period, Pochettino’s team conceded a second goal on the way back from the locker room through Michail Antonio, on a second assist from Ward-Prowse for his first in the garnet jersey and sky blue (2-1, 53rd). Nevertheless, Aguerd received a second yellow, synonymous with expulsion after the hour mark (67th).
But as the Blues continued to put pressure on the opposition rearguard for more than a quarter of an hour to come back level, former Lyonnais Emerson won a penalty at the end of added time to allow Lucas Paqueta to break in this meeting and offer the three points to his team (3-1, 90 + 5th). First victory for West Ham, who remain undefeated in the league, while Chelsea continue to chase their first success…
