Chelsea managed to secure all three points against West Ham United, but it wasn’t without its controversy.
It was a first half filled with plenty of anamosity, but not on the field. Chelsea fans grew frustrated at Alejandro Garnacho and his teammates after conceding two goals inside 36 minutes.
The Chelsea supporters had every right to be frustrated after that first-half display. It was poor defensive work and a lack of focus that kept gifting West Ham chance after chance.
Liam Rosenior got the lads in at half-time and told them to go and press together, as well as bringing up the mentality. And the rest is history.
Literally history. This is the first time Chelsea have come from two goals down at half-time in a Premier League game to go on and win.
But the focus soon turn to the red card incident in the dying embers.
Just as Gary Neville was writing us off, we turned it around 🤫
Why so negative?
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West Ham defender Jean-Clair Todibo apologises for his red card
Jean-Clair Todibo started at the heart of the defence and was relatively quiet, until a fight broke out in the final moments of the game.
It all started with Joao Pedro and Adama Traore getting into a bit of a scuffle. Todibo then took it upon himself to run over and defend his teammate, but in doing so, he grabbed the Chelsea man by the neck.
He was then given his marching orders after a VAR review.
After the game, the West Ham man took to Instagram to share his apology.
Jean-Clair Todibo apologises for his actions, but there’s no direct apology to Joao Pedro 🤔
Credit – @jctodibo on Instagram
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Chelsea’s discipline issues not an issue for once
It is usually Chelsea that find themselves on the receiving end of a red card or talking to, but that wasn’t the case against West Ham.
The Blues have suffered five red cards in the Premier League this season, which has contributed to them dropping a 15 points from a winning position.
That seems to be something that has been fixed so far under Liam Rosenior.
You can clearly see the agressive approach still, but there’s a more sensible approach in key situations and moments of games, something that went missing under Enzo Maresca.
Liam Delap still throws himself about a bit too much and Pedro Neto did pick up a silly yellow card in the Champions League, but we are still yet to see a red card with Rosenior on the sideline.
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