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By Reuters | April 24th 2021
Football - Premier League - West Ham United v Chelsea - London Stadium, London, Britain - April 24, 2021. Chelsea s Timo Werner misses a chance to score. [Pool via REUTERS/Justin Setterfield]
Timo Werner ended his goal drought in timely fashion to earn Chelsea a crucial 1-0 victory over West Ham United in the battle for a top-four finish in the Premier League on Saturday.
The German had gone 14 games without scoring for club and country but produced a clinical finish shortly before halftime as Chelsea took the points at the London Stadium.
Victory enabled Thomas Tuchel s fourth-placed side to open up a three-point gap over West Ham for whom two successive defeats have dented their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.
Chelsea take crucial win, Liverpool slip up again
By: ANI
London: Chelsea took a big step towards assuring a place in next season s UEFA Champions League thanks to a 1-0 win away to West Ham.
Timo Werner s straightforward finish from Christian Pulisic s low cross shortly before the break decided the game between the two teams staying fourth and fifth in the table.
West Ham s Fabian Balbuena was sent off for serious foul nine minutes from time.
Liverpool s chances of a quick return to the Champions League suffered a blow when Newcastle substitute Joe Wilcock netted a 95th-minute equalizer in Anfield.
Chelsea edge ahead in top-four race with win over West Ham
By IANS |
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Chelsea edge ahead in top-four race with win over West Ham. Image Source: IANS News
London, April 25 : Chelsea edged ahead in the race for the top four with a 1-0 victory over fellow Champions League hopefuls West Ham.
A rare goal from Timo Werner, only his second in the league since November, saw the Blues move three points clear of their fifth-placed hosts, reports DPA. I had a second chance and I think I have to score. But I have to come back slowly. One goal is enough, a relieved Werner said.
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Aaron Creswell (£5.7m) and
Craig Dawson (£4.5m) they were edged out of a tight encounter at the London Stadium which produced
Jesse Lingard‘s (£6.6m) first blank since Gameweek 23.
Just like the Hammers’ trip north, their Blank Gameweek 33 encounter with Chelsea saw them offer less going forward without Cresswell in the team, his creative output missing from a back-three that contained more traditional centre-backs in
Angelo Ogbonna (£4.7m),
Fabian Balbuena (£4.1m) in for the suspended Dawson.
Lingard is now without an open-play attacking return in two matches without Cresswell and it is worth noting his role in penalties remains uncertain with