Nicolas Jackson stars in Chelsea’s London derby win.
Chelsea secure back-to-back London derby wins
Chelsea blew away West Ham United 5-0 to secure back-to-back London derby wins, this time against West Ham having beaten Tottenham (2-0) in their previous game. Cole Palmer opened the scoring for Mauricio Pochettino’s team in the 15th minute. Conor Gallagher (30′), Noni Madueke (36′) and Nicolas Jackson (48′, 80′) were also on the scoresheet for Chelsea.
Chelsea vs. West Ham player ratings:
Chelsea
Dorde Petrovic– 7.5: Made two saves and one high claim. Apart from keeping a clean sheet, also completed 32 passes.
Trevoh Chalobah– 7.5: Made five clearances and one tackle. Won one ground duel and two aerial duels. Also made two key passes during the game.
Thiago Silva– 8: Apart from bagging an assist, made eight clearances and three tackles. Completed 75 of his 76 attempted passes as well.
Benoit Badiashile– 7: Made three clearances, four interceptions and one tackle during a game where Chelsea kept a clean sheet.
Marc Cucurella– 7: Took up where he left off against Tottenham. Cucurella made five tackles, and won six ground duels and one aerial duel.
Moises Caicedo– 8: Yet another quality display from the Ecuadorian. He bagged an assist, and completed 84 passes, including five long balls. Caicedo also completed four dribbles.
Conor Gallagher– 7.5: Scored an important goal and completed 57 of his 58 attempted passes.
Noni Madueke– 9.5: Scored a goal and bagged an assist. Played 42 passes, including six key passes, three crosses, and two long balls.
Cole Palmer– 8.5: His astonishing output continues. Palmer scored the opener and also completed 52 passes, including four key passes.
Mykhaylo Mudruk– 7: Completed 21 passes, including two key passes. Also had two shots on target.
Nicolas Jackson: 10- Scored twice from four shots on target. He also completed four dribbles during the match.
Substitutes:
Cesar Casadei– 6.5
Christopher Nkunku– 6.5
Axel Disasi– 6.5
Malo Gusto– 7
Alfie Gilchrist– N/A
West Ham player ratings:
Alphonse Areola– 8: Made nine saves, including seven from inside the box in a game which his team lost 5-0.
Vladimir Coufal– 6: West Ham’s defense didn’t perform well, including Coufal. He lost possession of the ball 13 times.
Kurt Zouma– 6: A night to forget against his former club. Zouma completed 21 passes during the game.
Angelo Ogbonna– 6: Completed 20 passes and lost possession four times.
Emerson Palmieri– 6: Made two interceptions and two tackles but also was dribbled past twice.
Edson Alvarez– 6: Completed only 16 passes in a game where the Hammers didn’t offer much of an attacking threat.
Thomas Soucek- 6: Completed 22 passes during the match, including one key pass.
Jarrod Bowen– 6.5: Completed 16 passes and was very unlucky in the attack as he hit the woodwork three times.
Lucas Paqueta– 7: Completed 24 passes, including two key passes. The Brazilian also created a big chance for West Ham.
Mohamed Kudus– 8: Completed 17 passes, including two long balls. The Ghanaian speed star also completed 13 of his attempted 15 dribbles.
Michail Antonio– 6.5: Completed two dribbles and played only three passes during the game.
Substitutes:
James Ward-Prowse– 7.5
Danny Ings– 6
Aaron Cresswell– 6.5
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