Continuation of the victories and positive results of the last weeks was given on Saturday afternoon (21/09) by Chelseawhich passed through the Olympic stadium in London, prevailing with the imposing West Ham 3-0, in the game that opened the premiere of the 5th game of the Premier League.
The “blues” cleared the case for victory from the very first 20 minutes of the match, with his team Enzo Maresca to score two goals in this period.
The main protagonist was Nicholas Jacksonwho opened the scoring just in the 4th minute after great individual energy from the left and exemplary placement in the closed corner of Areolas. At 18′, the Senegalese forward doubled the visitors’ goals by scoring the 4 personal goals in this year’s leaguebeating the opposing keeper in a tête-à -tête, after a wonderful vertical pass by Caicedo.
In the 29th minute, however, the home team rightly called for a penalty, when Fofana brought down Summerville in the box after holding his hand for too long, with the referee and VAR unmoved and letting the match go on! The final score was set early in the replay, with the Blues finding their third goal on the counter attack with Palmer’s fantastic finish from the left assisted by Jackson!
It was Chelsea’s second win in a row and third in the league this season, moving them – if only temporarily – into second place in the table. with 10 pointsat the time when the “hammers” stayed at 4 points (1-1-3).
In detail, the schedule for the 5th matchday:
Saturday (21/9)
West Ham-Chelsea 0-3
(4′, 18′ Jackson, 47′ Palmer)
Aston Villa-Wolves (17:00)
Leicester-Everton (17:00)
Liverpool-Bournemouth (17:00)
Southampton-Ipswich (17:00)
Tottenham-Bradford (17:00)
Fulham-Newcastle (17:00)
Crystal Palace-Manchester United (19:30)
Sunday (22/9)
Brighton-Nottingham Forest (16:00)
Manchester City-Arsenal (18:30)
The schedule for the next (6th) matchday:
Saturday (28/09)
Newcastle – Manchester City (14:30)
Arsenal – Leicester (17:00
Brentford – West Ham (17:00)
Chelsea – Brighton (17:00)
Everton – Crystal Palace (17:00)
Nottingham Forest – Fulham (17:00)
Wolves – Liverpool (19:30)
Sunday (29/09)
Ipswich v Aston Villa (16:00)
Manchester United – Tottenham (18:30)
Monday (30/09)
Bournemouth – Southampton (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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