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It was a terrific game of football at London Stadium. West Ham were too passive in the first half by showing too much respect for Chelsea, but the second half was a different story. For all the visitors’ possession, they could not hurt David Moyes’s team.
The big question is whether the West Ham board will now back their manager in January in an effort to make make the club’s Champions League dream a reality. It has been a while since an outsider has finished in the Premier League top four, but there is no doubt the Hammers are good enough to achieve that this season — if they get a couple of reinforcements.
Injuries to Angelo Ogbonna and now Kurt Zouma will leave a massive hole in the centre of their defence, while they need another option up front in addition to Michail Antonio. To be fair to chairman David Sullivan, he brought in Jesse Lingard on loan midway through last season and the impact of that helped West Ham qualify for Europe.
