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By Martin Graham | twentieth Aug 2023
West Ham United secured an exhilarating Matchday 2 victory (WHU 3-1 CHE) in a London derby in opposition to well-financed Chelsea, although they performed with a person down for almost half-hour. The Hammers led 2-1 when Nayef Aguerd, who initially scored with a header, obtained his second yellow card and despatched off within the 67th minute.
Regardless of Chelsea’s numerical benefit, they couldn’t discover an equalizer and finally conceded a late third aim by Lucas Paqueta’s penalty throughout added time. Younger Carney Chukwuemeka netted his first aim for Chelsea to stage the rating at 1-1, however Enzo Fernandez squandered a possibility to take the lead by lacking a penalty saved by Alphonse Areola.
Michail Antonio reclaimed the lead for West Ham with a robust angled shot within the 53rd minute, earlier than the house staff was lowered to 10 gamers. Regardless of this setback, Mauricio Pochettino’s squad did not capitalize on Aguerd’s ejection and couldn’t safe a second equalizer, regardless of Moises Caicedo’s second-half debut following his switch from Brighton.
Caicedo, who joined for a considerable preliminary payment of £100 million with potential to rise to £115 million, had an opportunity to make it 2-2 however shot over from the penalty space’s edge. Nonetheless, he then conceded a penalty for a foul on West Ham’s Emerson, and Paqueta transformed the spot-kick to seal West Ham’s victory.
This marked a disappointing begin for Chelsea’s new supervisor, Mauricio Pochettino. Regardless of spending over £900 million throughout the Summer time Switch Window, when Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over the membership, Chelsea managed just one level from their first two aggressive matches below Pochettino.
Notable investments throughout this era included Fernandez’s £107 million switch from Benfica, probably breaking the British switch report set by Caicedo. Raheem Sterling posed a constant risk for Chelsea, incomes a penalty from a foul by Tomas Soucek. Fernandez’s penalty, nevertheless, was saved by Areola.
Caicedo, who opted for Chelsea over Liverpool, had a shaky begin in his new colours. He wanted a save from Blues’ goalkeeper Robert Sanchez after conceding the ball to Pablo Fornals. Quickly after, Caicedo dedicated a penalty that Paqueta transformed, sustaining West Ham’s unbeaten begin to the season with 4 factors from two matches.
In West Ham’s first dwelling match since successful the 2022-23 Europa Convention League in June, James Ward-Prowse, who not too long ago joined from Southampton for £30 million, impressed with two assists – the nook for Aguerd’s header and the move resulting in Antonio’s aim. Ward-Prowse expressed his delight together with his debut and the chance to make a significant contribution to the membership.
Premier League 2023-24 Matchday 2 Outcomes
Ref: BBC
Martin Graham is an MFF sports activities author
