Chelsea fell to a 1-0 defeat against West Ham at the London Stadium after a below-par display. Here’s how we rated each Blues player.
He had very little to do throughout and had no chance with Marko Arnautovic’s winner.
Azpilicueta was the steadiest of Chelsea’s defenders but was not as dominant as usual.
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Had a difficult afternoon dealing with West Ham’s movement up front and could have done better in the build-up to Arnautovic’s winner.
Cahill played one awful pass that could have led to a goal before the break, but looked solid enough albeit against a side that showed very little ambition after taking an early lead.
Zappacosta’s energy levels were impressive, he was always available in attack and was unlucky not to score with a decent strike before the break.
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The Frenchman made a couple of surging runs but was largely ineffective, too ponderous and was withdrawn at the interval.
Created two good chances in the final 10 minutes and stood out with his workrate and quality in a very average team performance.
A few moments of quality threatened to create and equaliser and he started to boss the match in the first period, but he was generally quiet.
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Chelsea’s best attacking player, but struggled to find space against West Ham’s deep-lying defence in the second half and missed a decent late chance when he shot over.
Missed a great chance late on, shooting wide when he really should have scored. He could easily have earned a penalty before the interval but was kept quiet throughout by the impressive Winston Reid.
He was busy after coming on at the break but could not provide a telling moment.
Saw plenty of the ball but was often crowded out – and when he did beat his man he was often fouled.
The Brazilian has several encouraging moments, but like his fellow forwards was not as accurate with his delivery as he ended to be against a packed defence.
This post was last modified on 10/12/2017