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Chelsea vs West Ham, Premier League live: score and latest updates from today's 2pm fixtures

Chelsea vs West Ham Premier League live score and latest updates from todays 2pm fixtures
A last-gasp goal from substitute Christian Pulisic got Chelsea back to winning ways at Stamford Bridge and woke the home fans and head coach Thomas Tuchel from their slumber.
Chelsea v West Ham United Match summary
  • Moyes prioritises Europa Leage semi with changes
  • Dawson sent off for pulling back Lukaku
  • Fabianski saves Jorginho's dreadful penalty
  • Pulisic pounces late

A last-gasp goal from substitute Christian Pulisic got Chelsea back to winning ways at Stamford Bridge and woke the home fans and head coach Thomas Tuchel from their slumber.

Chelsea looked to be sleep-walking their way to a goalless bore draw against a West Ham United side who had clearly prioritised their Europa League campaign, particularly when Jorginho passed a late penalty into the arms of goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

But Pulisic converted a low cross from Marcos Alonso to stop the European champions dropping more points at home, following three successive Stamford Bridge defeats to Brentford, Real Madrid and Arsenal.

This was also a timely clean sheet for a Chelsea team that had conceded 11 goals over their previous three home games, but there was not an awful lot for Tuchel to get excited about.

At least West Ham, who finished the game with 10 men after Craig Dawson was sent off for conceding the penalty, have got bigger fish to fry. Quite what Chelsea’s excuse for this drab display will be is anybody’s guess. The pitch? The takeover. Antonio Rudiger deciding to leave?

Certainly, Jorginho had nobody else to blame for missing a late penalty which could have been so costly.

Jorginho hopped, skipped and jumped before side-footing a terrible penalty far too close to Fabianski, who comfortably gathered the ball low to his right.

PENALTY MISSED! Wow... just wow! ❌ pic.twitter.com/vjOVTPo3To

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) April 24, 2022

Dawson, who had been man of the match, was sent off following a VAR review for his foul on substitute Romelu Lukaku that gifted Jorginho his big chance.

But Jorginho could breathe a huge sigh of relief a few minutes later, as Pulisic converted Alonso’s cross to get his team-mate off the hook.

Chelsea for too long mirrored their head coach Tuchel, who spent most of the game sitting in his technical area.

Normally so demonstrative on the touchline, Tuchel was strangely subdued and so were his team for the majority of the game.

The only times Tuchel got particularly worked up were to scream his anger at referee Michael Oliver and fourth official Peter Bankes.

For once his players were spared any in-game rollickings, but it could not have been because he was particularly impressed with their performance.

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic scores their first go
Pulisic sweeps in the late winner Credit: Reuters/Peter Cziborra

Already missing Antonio Rudiger, who has decided to leave Chelsea at the end of his contract, and Reece James, who had a hamstring problem, Tuchel lost Andreas Christensen, another of his defenders who are leaving, in the pre-match warm-up.

Christensen suffered from stomach cramps and had to be replaced by Trevoh Chalobah, but both sets of defences did not have too much to worry them.

That will have pleased Moyes, who was forced to field a makeshift defence because of injuries and rested a number of key players ahead of Thursday night’s Europa League semi-final first leg against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Craig Dawson made some good blocks from Timo Werner, N’Golo Kante and Mason Mount, while Lukasz Fabianski saved well from Chalobah and Werner.

Edouard Mendy was forced into making a double stop from Andriy Yarmolenko after the Ukrainian had teed up Tomas Soucek, but his weak shot was blocked.

Perhaps sensing West Ham could nick all three points, Moyes threw on Declan Rice and Jarrod Bowen, before Tuchel responded with a treble change of his own.

Romelu Lukaku was booed by a smattering of fans when he replaced Havertz, while Christian Pulisic was sent on for Werner and Hakim Ziyech replaced Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who had filled in at right wing-back.

The changes proved to be decisive, as Lukaku won the penalty that Jorginho missed and then Pulisic secured the three points that should extinguish any nerves of Chelsea somehow dropping out of the top four.

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Sunday 2pm kick-offs as they happened
3:56PM
Full time Brighton 2 Southampton 2

Saints' superb captain overturns Brighton's two-goal lead. 

3:54PM
Full time Chelsea 1 West Ham 0

Hardly deserved but they nicked it in the end after Craig Dawson's mistake. 

3:52PM
Full time Burnley 1 Wolves 0

Burnley go two points clear of Everton and climb to 17th, two points behind Leeds. 

3:51PM
90+2 min Chelsea 1 West Ham 0             

The penalty didn't hurt West Ham but the red card did. 

3:50PM
90 min Chelsea 1 West Ham 0            

Mount sends Alonso down the left and two yards in front of the byline the left wing-back pulls back a pass to the penalty spot for Pulisic to bury with a firm shot. 

3:49PM
GOOOOAL!!!

Chelsea 1 West Ham 0 (Pulisic)

3:48PM
88 min Burnley 1 Wolves 0

Hwang smashes his volley straight at Pope. 

3:46PM
Jorginho's penalty is saved

Terrible penalty. He does the hop, skip, thing. Fabianski doesn't commit then flops on the tame effort inches to his right. 

3:45PM
Var tells the referee to consider sending Dawson off

For denying a goalscoring opportunity.

And he is shown the red card. 

3:43PM
Chelsea penalty!

Dawson pulls back Lukaku as the centre-forward ran on to Thiago's flick-on. 

3:42PM
82 min Brighton 2 Southampton 2

Pascal Gross has a goal chalked off by Var because he was a milimetre offside. 

3:40PM
79 min Burnley 1 Wolves 0  

Wolves are throwing the kitchen sink at Burnley, switching to 4-2-4. 

3:38PM
78 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0           

Lukaku tries to ragdoll Rice but the England midfielder is too strong for him and holds him at bay in the centre-circle. 

3:36PM
76 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0          

Triple Chelsea substitution. Hello to Lukaku, Pulisic and Ziyech. Farwell to Loftus-Cheek, Havertz and Werner. 

3:35PM
74 min Burnley 1 Wolves 0 

Collins makes an excellent recovery from his error to stop Raul beasting Tarkowski. 

3:33PM
72 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0         

Good save from Fabianksi as Werner, at full stretch, shoots when the ball breaks to him from a corner. 

3:32PM
Vydra scores for Burnley
 Matej Vydra of Burnley scores their team's first goal past Jose Sa
Matej Vydra opens the scoring as Burnley strive to move out of the bottom three Credit: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
3:30PM
70 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0        

Another brave block by Dawson to stop Mount's shot and then regains his feet to force Werner wide with his effort on the rebound which he plants into the side netting. 

3:29PM
68 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0       

Double save from Mendy to twice frustrate Vydra who has had Azpilicueta on toast today. 

3:25PM
64 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0      

West Ham send Declan Rice on for Mark Noble. 

3:22PM
61 min Burnley 1 Wolves 0

McNeil sends Weghorst through and he squares it for Vydra to convert coolly. 

3:20PM
GOOOAL! 

Burnley 1 Wolves 0 (Vydra)

3:19PM
59 min Brighton 2 Southampton 2

Crisp shot from 20 yards after Romeu capitalised on a mistake by Webster. 

3:18PM
GOOOAL!!

Brighton 2 Southampton 2 (Ward-Prowse)

3:17PM
57 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0     

Kante cuts in from the right, shoots and catches Jonson's toe. the ball loops up gently and allows Fabianski to adjust and make the catch. 

3:16PM
55 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0    

Yarmolenko skips past Azpilicueta and Alonos but instead of bending a left-foot shot into the far post he lays it off to Soucke whose side-footer from the 18-yard line is blocked by Thiago Silva. 

3:14PM
53 min Brighton 2 Southampton 1 

8 - James Ward-Prowse has scored eight direct free-kick goals in the Premier League since the start of last season, which is twice as many as any other player in Europe's big five leagues and four times as many as any other Premier League player. Prowess. pic.twitter.com/84Efy8RvVq

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 24, 2022
3:12PM
51 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0   

Chelsea awake! And West Ham owe Dawson for saving them from Loftus-Cheek's firm back-post header that set up Werner's volley and then Werner's shot from 16 yards. 

3:11PM
49 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0  

I've never seen such a placid Chelsea team. Is it because they had to answer only to Abramovich and with him gone they don't fear disappointing anyone? Kante has just sprayed a straightforward pass beyond his target and into touch. 

3:08PM
47 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0 

Burnley have the ball in the Wolves net but Vydra was miles offside. 

3:07PM
46 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0 

No changes for Tuchel but the commentary team have decided to become body language 'experts' and are noting the contrast between the urgency of West Ham's early return to the pitch and Chelsea's languid stragglers. 

2:52PM
Half-time Brighton 2 Southampton 1

A free-kick, as you might have expected, into the bottom left corner after Romeu took a position in the wall which was negligent of Brighton. Romeu ducked and Ward-Prowse threaded the eye of the needle as only he can. 

2:50PM
GOOOAL!!

Brighton 2 Saints 1 (Ward-Prowse)

2:50PM
Half-time Chelsea 0 West Ham 0

Chelsea lack fizz. West Ham have been the better side and will be encouraged by the number of times Benrahma and Yarmolenko have beaten their men.  

2:47PM
Half-time Burnley 0 Wolves 0

No gilded chances for either side in a match infected by tension. 

2:46PM
44 min Brighton 2 Southampton 0   

The Saints defender was attempting to stop Welbeck tapping in at the end of a move he started by giving the ball to Trossard with a Modric-esque pass and making the run to meet the return ball. 

2:45PM
GOOOOAL!

Brighton 2 Southampton 0 (Salisu og)

2:45PM
42 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0          

West Ham free-kick on the left after a foul by Thiago Silva on Yarmolenko. Cresswell swings it in, Chalobah heads it but with more vertical than horizontal distance, inviting Dawson to try to swan-neck it in from 18 yards. He goes for a looping header but Mendy has all the time in the world to pluck it out of the Fulham sky. 

2:42PM
40 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0   

Jose Sa tips McNeil's shot over the bar. A twist on the wolf at the door, Burnley are knock, knock, knocking on the Wolves' door. 

2:41PM
39 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0         

Tuchel is chuntering away in the dug out, writing notes, shaking his head, as if he can't believe how insipid his side have become, a far cry from their usual hard-boiled battle fever. 

2:38PM
Brighton's goal

The pictures have come through of the penalty box carnage that Welbeck exploited:

Danny Welbeck of Brighton & Hove Albion scores a goal to make it 1-0 during the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion
Welbeck opens the scoring for Brighton Credit: Robin Jones/Getty Images
2:36PM
36 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0        

Soucek is penalised for catching Chalobah on the back of his neck with his elbow as bot go up to battle for Benrahma's cross. 

2:35PM
34 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0  

Collins throws himself in the way of Silva's shot. The Wolves forward had better options. 

2:33PM
32 min Brighton 1 Southampton 0  

Livramento is being taken off the field on a stretcher. Looks like a bad injury. 

2:33PM
30 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0       

Mistakes aplenty from Chelsea's defence. Yarmolenko gets in down the inside-left channel and flashes a left-foot half-volley across goal and wide of the right post. 

2:31PM
27 min Brighton 1 Southampton 0 

Maupay finishes from an offside position and his goal is chalked off for Brighton, having converted Dunk's header. 

2:30PM
25 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0      

Chelsea have lost their bite. Players are looking to lay the ball off around the box rather than having a shot. 

2:29PM
24 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0 

Pope makes a smart save to deny Jonny. 

2:24PM
22 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0

Fornals wastes a decent chance after good work by Yarmolenko, making his first Premier League start for 17 months. 

2:21PM
20 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0

McNeil shoots over the bar for Burnley while Vydra pulls the trigger from 25 yards but can't find the power to trouble Sa. 

2:19PM
17 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0     

Bad mistake from Azpilicueta who turns infield casually and tries to roll the ball infield as if not seeing Benrahmao underestimating his danger. Benrahma robs him sprints towards the box and shoots low at an angle. Mendy saves at the near post.

Twenty seconds later Chalobah dawdles on the ball and allows Benrahma to rob him on the right bu,t unlike Azpilicueta, he has the pace to recover and win the ball back before the West Ham winger can shoot. 

2:17PM
15 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0    

Marcos Alonso concedes a freekick 40 yards out. West Ham wave forward the centre-backs but then take it short, lose possession and try to spear the defence on its left flank but Loftus-Cheek makes his run too early and ruins Mount's chance of playing him in. 

2:13PM
11 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0   

Cesar Azpilicueta has to go off to change his right boot. Meanwhile Werner tries to nutmeg Johnson on the D and , when he can't, to force the ball past his strong, shielding stance. Johnson is too robust, forcing Werner to lose his feet and handle as he fell. 

2:11PM
10 min Burnley 0 Wolves 0

Nervy start from both sides at Turf Moor with the match being played at 100mph and possession and promising positions too easily squandered. 

2:10PM
7 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0  

Kante fires a left-foot shot wide after great work from Loftus-Cheek wide on the right. Cresswell headed out the first cross but the tenacious RLC won it back and set up the opportunity for Kante from 18 yards. 

West Ham fans sing 'Stamford Bridge is falling down'. Spaces everywhere because of the ban on selling tickets to non-season ticketholders as part of the sanctions against Roman Abramovich. 

2:07PM
4 min Brighton 1 Southampton 0

Mwepu vies with Forster for Cucurella's cross, the keeper is impeded by his won defender and Welbeck capitalises on the mix-up to poke the ball home

2:04PM
2 min GOOOAL!

Brighton 1 Southampton 0 (Welbeck)

2:03PM
2 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0 

A cross from Kante towards the penalty spot is headed out by Dawson. 

2:02PM
1 min Chelsea 0 West Ham 0

Yarmolenko is on the right for West Ham with Fornals through the middle. Chelsea build up the right from kick-off. 

2:00PM
The players are out at all three grounds

Mark Noble pogos a little as his final season draws to a close. 

1:52PM
Andreas Christensen is sick and has been replaced in the Chelsea XI

Trevoh Chalobah replaces him in the starting XI, thus:

Chelsea  Mendy; Azpilicueta, Thiago Silva, Chalobah; Loftus-Cheek, Kante, Jorginho, Alonso; Mount, Havertz; Werner.Substitutes  Arrizabalaga, Lukaku, Pulisic, Saul, Barkley, Ziyech, Kenedy, Sarr.

West Ham United  Fabianski, Johnson, Dawson, Cresswell, Coufal, Soucek, Noble, Masuaku, Yarmolenko, Fornals, Benrahma.Substitutes  Areola, Antonio, Lanzini, Vlasic, Bowen, Fredericks, Kral, Rice, Alese.

Referee  Michael Oliver (Newcastle)

1:44PM
David Moyes on making six changes with Eintracht Frankfurt on his mind

The stakes have got a bit higher so we think it's the best thing to do. 

1:19PM
Hasenhuttl and Potter shuffle the packs

Adam Webster made his first start for more than two months, while Brighton also recalled forwards Leandro Trossard and Neal Maupay for the visit of Southampton.

Albion have not won at home since Boxing Day, a run of seven matches, failing to score in the last five of those fixtures.

Pascal Gross and Solly March dropped to the bench, while Tariq Lamptey was absent from Graham Potter's squad.

Southampton opted for six changes, including handing forward Shane Long a first league start since December.

Tino Livramento, Mohammed Salisu, Nathan Redmond, Nathan Tella and Che Adams also returned.

1:18PM
Cornet misses out through injury

Maxwel Cornet was absent through injury as Burnley hosted Wolves in the Premier League.

The Ivory Coast international dropped out of the starting line-up and squad following Thursday's win against Southampton, with Matej Vydra starting.

Wolves made four alterations as Raul Jimenez, Leander Dendoncker, Nelson Semedo and Romain Saiss came in.

1:18PM
Chelsea v West Ham team news summary

Ruben Loftus-Cheek starts at wing-back as Chelsea host West Ham in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge.

Thomas Tuchel made three changes from Wednesday's 4-2 home loss to Arsenal, with Reece James dropping out of the matchday squad altogether.

Kai Havertz started up front ahead of Romelu Lukaku, with Cesar Azpilicueta in a back-three alongside Thiago Silva and Andreas Christensen.

David Moyes made six changes for West Ham, with former Chelsea youth player Declan Rice taking a seat on the bench.

1:14PM
Semedo is back for Wolves
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