Chelsea 5 West Ham 0 – 2nd Half Report

There was only one substitution for the start of the second half  – James Ward-Prowse came on for Edson Álvarez.

Not that it made any difference…Did the West Ham players listen to a word of what Moyes said at half time?

For just two minutes in , a simple long ball forwards from Chalobah split Emerson and Ogbonna, allowing Madueke to tee up Jackson for the simplest of finishes. Shocking defending, particularly from Emerson who was having a nightmare

Then Emerson was played in by Paqueta. Looked certain to grab a consolation for West Ham, but blazed over from six yards out. Emerson must have wanted the ground to swallow him up

A few minutes later, Ward-Prowse tries to salvage some pride with a trademark free-kick but Petrovic did well to tip it over the bar.

The cameras then panned on an almost empty away section, which pretty much summed the afternoon up.

With an hour gone, a statistic flashed up on the screen ..20 shots on goal from Chelsea !

Then with 20 minutes to go, Moyes did one of his trademark unexplicable substitutions – Ings on for Antonio. Antonio was at least was showing some effort and commitment to the cause.

With the game running down we saw the third change for the Hammers – Aaron Cresswell came on for the sulky Lucas Paquetá

Bowen then got his “hat trick”, the West Ham man couldn’t believe it. This time his shot took a deflection, with Badiashile getting a diversion on Bowen’s effort.

Then if the afternoon could get any worse, it did as Jackson raced through a non existent defence and scored, but the flag is up.  It was a cool finish from the Senegalese forward, and there was the usual far too long VAR check and the goal was given.

West Ham shipping five for the fourth time this season – is the first time they’ve done that since 2001/02.

A dreadful performance from the Irons, which actually now puts us finishing in the top half in some doubt.

The season can’t finish soon enough in my opinion