West Ham 0-3 Chelsea Match Report: Nicolas Jackson shine, as impressive Blues cruise to away win
West Ham 0-3 Chelsea Match Report: Nicolas Jackson shine, as impressive Blues cruise to away win. A brace from Nicolas Jackson, and a goal from Cole Palmer, helped Chelsea ease past London rivals West Ham United 3-0 in Saturday’s early kick-off.
The Blues assumed control of proceedings at London Stadium after just three minutes as Jackson combined with Jadon Sancho to punish the lousy defending from the home side. The 23-year-old doubled his tally soon after, latching on to Moises Caicedo‘s slide-rule pass before dropping a wonderful outside-of-the-boot finish past Alphonse Areola.
Chelsea were in seventh heaven, when Cole Palmer slotted home the third just after the interval, capping a fantastic away performance for Enzo Maresca‘s side.
With the brilliant 3-0 win over the Hammers, means Enzo Maresca becomes just the first manager since Pep Guardiola in Sept. 2016, to win their first three away premier league games.
How the game unfolded;
Enzo Maresca made three changes to the Chelsea side that beat Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, handing Sancho his first start for the club, alongside recalls for Enzo Fernandez and Tosin Adarabioyo.
And it didn’t take long for the former Manchester United winger to make an impact, as West Ham fell behind for the fourth time in five games under Julen Lopetegui.
The Hammers switched off after Konstantinos Mavropanos committed a foul in Chelsea’s half, allowing Jackson to play a quick one-two with Sancho before the Senegalese striker raced through on goal.
Having outpaced West Ham’s retreating defence, he slid the ball past Areola from a tight angle to stun the home crowd into silence.
Palmer could have made it two minutes later, firing just wide of Areola’s far post after more good work from Sancho, but Chelsea didn’t have to wait long as gaping holes in West Ham’s defence, allowed Jackson to net a second.
Caicedo’s perfectly weighted through ball took Edson Alvarez out of the equation, and Jackson fired home brilliantly with the outside of his boot to put Chelsea 2-0 up inside 20 minutes.
The impressive Mohammed Kudus had a goal ruled off for West Ham, and Crysencio Summerville had a decent penalty appeal turned down by referee Sam Barrott, but that was as good as it got for the home side, as Chelsea put the game to bed a minute after the half-time interval.
Poor judgment from Mavropanos allowed Chelsea to spring forward on the counter, with Jackson eventually feeding the ball into Palmer. He rifled the ball in off the inside of Areola’s near post, reinforcing his supreme composure in front of goal.
Maresca could afford to make a raft of changes thereafter, disrupting the flow of the game somewhat, but his side were well worth the win against a desperately disappointing West Ham.
