Player ratings as Chelsea sloppily slip to a 3-1 defeat to 10-man West Ham at the London Stadium.
There was plenty of promise when Chelsea went forward against West Ham, but Mauricio Pochettino will have grimaced at his side's defending
The tone for Chelsea's afternoon of sloppy defending was set just seven minutes in at the London Stadium, when Nayef Aguerd was given all the space in the world to nod home a corner from West Ham debutant James Ward-Prowse. The hosts' second reflected just as poorly on Mauricio Pochettino's side, as a comedy of errors led to Michail Antonio nearly taking the net off with a powerful strike eight minutes after the break. The cherry on top of a farcical cake came when £115 million signing Moises Caicedo conceded a late penalty in the dying embers, lazily bringing Lucas Paqueta down, who then converted from the spot.
As much as this will have frustrated Pochettino, there were at least some signs of life going forward - something that was desperately lacking for pretty much the entirety of the 2022-23 season.Carney Chukwuemeka's goal was sublime, Raheem Sterling was unplayable at times and his side peppered Alphonse Areola's goal.
Instead, they head back across the capital with the sour taste of defeat in their mouths - with Pochettino still awaiting his first three points as Blues boss. The footballing revolution he was tipped to bring certainly hasn't started yet.
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