the floodlights are beaming down on the players here at stamford bridge
in west london my name is derrick ray with me in the commentary boxes arsenal legend lee dixon
i'm looking forward to bringing you action from the premier league coming right up it's chelsea
up against west bromwich albion yeah great to be here how lucky are we jerry we get paid for
this astonishing really looking forward to a fabulous game i'm sure the fans are too
should be great marcos alonso well as far as the visitors are concerned it is an exceptionally
leaky defense and something they're going to have to address lee yeah porous disorganized shambolic
these are just a few words that spring to mind i mean maybe i'm biased but it's rare you're gonna
get anywhere shipping as many goals as they do on the plus side we should be in for an entertaining
game goals all over the place have a great game thanks good game thanks cheers good luck
hey good luck
good luck cheers thanks good day
and a look at the chelsea starting eleven and golo kante starts alongside matteo
kovacich in central midfield and the focal point in attack today team ovana
a look at the initial 11 for west bromwich albion
an element of caution about the selection yeah 4-5-1 derek the five players behind
the lone striker will need to support him lots of very strong midfield offensively
and also defensively the back four will be protected throughout the game
it ought to be a really interesting battle chelsea kick off kai habets
just tell us lee what you think the plan should be from the point of view of the visitors
well i think the visitors will get everybody behind the ball and try and spring attacks from
that position and if you've got the right type of players to soak up that pressure
then why not adopt that tactic makes complete sense to me what can chelsea do from this position
and that's a corner
over it comes and a goal one nil and what a fast start they've made to this game
well here's the replay and it's a decent set piece and what a great finish as well
good connection with the ball leaving the goalkeeper absolutely no chance fantastic goal
one nil then goal for chelsea number six tiago silva
well he wasn't messing around with the
clearance
that could well be his final warning he's got to tread carefully from here on in well he has yeah
but it's quite easy for the referees to throw yellow cards around willy-nilly but not on this
occasion
a goal accurate from the spot well here's the replay and nine times out of ten derrick the
keeper will always die i used to love going down the middle keepers hate it
well a second goal for them here good physical play
conte timo burner covercitch zyesh
that's the clearance that was needed
an inability to keep hold of the ball there
matteo kovich well the chelsea fans can feel the shift i think the pressure is definitely mounting
a very good tackle but he could give it away
possession stats for chelsea pretty good if you have that much of the ball you can put pressure
on the opposition defense and they look like the creaking that's why they're winning comfortably
gallagher unsuccessfully cut out
over the touch line for a throw-in
thiago silva rudiger has it
mateo kovacic and chelsea moving the ball forward what can they do from here nicely timed tackle
now he must favor the cross
townsend so a throw in here
and a poor attempt at a challenge and only goes getting in there to take it away
now with habits
and pereira here maitland-niles
corner kit forthcoming
and firing it into the area
so that will do it for the first half and the visitors know they're going to have
to up their game in the secondly well derek this defense as we know are pretty clueless
that has to be down to the manager i'm afraid the training grounds where you fix that
lots of hard work doesn't look like it's working to me it's gonna be a long second half for sure
the teams are ready to have a go at each other again as the second half commences
kante conte now moving the ball effectively looking for the right moment
moving it forward and kai havoc
marcus alonso
and crossed in there and the keeper was always likely to do his job under no pressure
but certainly allowing their opponents to come on to them
pulisic conte has it
how could he take them on and beat them
couldn't keep it pulisic marcus alonso
and whipped into the box well they couldn't take advantage of the opportunity
really vital interception this might be the perfect counter-attacking opportunity
can they take advantage of the situation
options in the middle and he's broken free
oh right in the nick of time
ziesh
marcos alonso pulisic now
ziesh intelligent threaded pass here
and a throw in forthcoming
and time for the change now maitland-niles
well not quite what he wanted to do with the pass
can he put it away and it goes a three-goal cushion and you truly sense it's a matter of
how many well here it is again the through ball is perfectly timed it causes habit and
he chooses to use power in the finish not much chance for the keeper when he's hit that hard
well it's turning into a real shocker this is a very reason derek i'm not a manager
so deciding to make a personnel change at this juncture well they get the ball moving once more
it's been all chelsea so far new sense there could be extra punishment handed out
and it's a matter of what occurs in the final 15 minutes
pereira well that's a really good authoritative tackle throw in here and time for the change now
space and time for the cross
disappointing end to the move corte not giving him a moment's piece marcus alonso and golo conte
pulisic
and chelsea looking dangerous
tremendous challenge reddit superbly to take back possession
they get the ball once more
inside the final two minutes of this contest
well that's how to break the spirit of the attacker
and we will have a couple of additional minutes at the end here
can we put it away oh he did superbly well together and that is the end of the contest and
not a happy outcome as far as the visitors are concerned well the manager has somehow to stem
the flow of goals they concede it's borderline embarrassing derek there's simply no discipline no
smelling of danger no basic understanding of how to keep the ball out of the net schoolboy stuff
you