Chelsea 1-0 West Ham: Pulisik saved the Blues and ‘rescued’ Zorzinho

The mini London derby at Stamford Bridge between Chelsea and West Ham was decided in the final. Zorzinho missed a great opportunity in the 87th minute to become a hero for Tuhel’s team after being defeated by Fabianski on penalties, but in the 90th minute Alonso and Pulisik ensured that the Italy international made the fatal sign with the The Spaniard shrugged off an excellent assist and the American made it 1-0 with a great place-to-play.

The game

Almost without news, the first part was completed, with Chelsea having meaningless possession as they failed to break through West Ham’s defense and both teams had a shot going wide: the Blues with Cande at 8′ and the Hammers with Yarmolenko at 33′ .

In the 57th minute Cande tried to threaten again, but his shot from the semi-circle hit the stretched legs of the Tuhel players and ended up in the arms of Fabianski, who scored a goal after 70 minutes while getting up at Stamford Bridge. On one side of the field, Medi had to doubly intervene in Yarmolenko’s repeated attempts to keep the score at zero, while on the other side first Dawson stopped Mount’s shot and then Werner’s shot landed outside the net.

In the 76th minute, Thomas Tuchel made three substitutions and one of them, Lukaku, was the protagonist close to the final as he defeated Dawson via state, forcing him to tumble inside the penalty area, referee Oliver pointing to the white ball showed. and after the VAR controlled the phase and sent off the West Ham centre-back (he had initially been shown a yellow card).

Zorginio took the penalty in the 87th minute, but Fabianski ‘fished’ it and easily intercepted the penalty (the first time he hasn’t scored in this year’s Premier League after six executions) to save the Italian and the side . .

As the Blues attacked from the left, Alonso made an excellent turn from the height of the penalty and Pulisik (who also made a substitution) sent the ball into the net with a great placement to write the final 1-0. A result that consolidated the London Blues in 3rd place and left the Hammers in 7th place, who still have to think about their upcoming duels in the Europa League semifinals against Eintracht Frankfurt.

CHELSEA: Medi, Tsalomba, Thiago Silva, Athpilicueta, Loftus Chick (76′ Ziges), Cande, Zorginio, Alonso, Mount, Haverts (76′ Pulisik), Werner (76′ Lukaku)

WEST HAM: Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Creswell, Tsoufal, Sucek, Noble (62′ Rice), Mazuaku, Yarmolenko (73′ Bowen), Fornals, Benrahma (78′ Lansini)

The results of the 34th game

The highlights

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Manchester City – Watford 5-1

Norwich-Newcastle 0-3

Leicester-Aston Villa 0-0

Brentford 0-0 Tottenham

Burnley – Wolves 1-0

Brighton-Southampton 2-2

Premier League rankings

The program of the 35th race