West Ham 1-1 Chelsea: Hammers dealt late blow as Tomas Soucek's goal is ruled out for offside... after former Blue Emerson had cancelled out Joao Felix's opener in tense derby as Graham Potter's side play out their third successive draw

Daily Mail | February 11, 2023

Chelsea were held a 1-1 draw against West Ham as they dropped points for the third Premier League game in a row.

Joao Felix opened the scoring with a fine volleyed finish, while Kai Havertz and Felix also had goals disallowed for offside.

The Hammers fought back and former Chelsea player Emerson levelled in the first half.

Both teams cancelled each other out in the second half before Tomas Soucek had a late goal disallowed for offside.

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Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday lunchtime

Joao Felix opened his Chelsea account with a composed volley past Lukasz Fabianski

The Chelsea loanee returned to the starting line up after serving his three-match suspension

Felix put in a superb display and was at the heart of everything Chelsea did going forward

Former Chelsea defender Emerson levelled for the Hammers against the run of play

It was a fine finish from the Brazilian who spent four years at Chelsea making 71 appearances

Tomas Soucek thought he had won the game late on but his goal was ruled out by VAR

Felix also had a goal disallowed as Chelsea were in complete control during the early stages

Kai Havertz also had one ruled out when he finished a team move after a superb Mudryk pass

West Ham lost Lucas Paqueta to a shoulder injury early on after he had a nasty landing

Before they were pegged back, Graham Potter's new-look side were looking extremely bright

British record u00a3107m signing Enzo Fernandez went about his work impressively in midfield

It was a scrappy second half as neither team was able to break the other one down

It was Chelsea's third draw in succession, with the Blues only scoring once in those games

MATCH FACTS

WHUFC (5-2-3): Fabianski; Coufal, Kehrer, Ogbonna, Aguerd (Johnson 79), Emerson; Paqueta (Soucek 14), Rice; Bowen, Antonio (Ings 67), Benrahma (Downes 67)

Subs not used: Lanzini, Hegyi, Anang, Fornals, Scorers: Emerson 28

Booked: Coufal

Manager: David Moyes

CFC (4-2-3-1): Kepa; James, Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella (Chilwell 68); Loftus-Cheek (Gallagher 78), Fernandez; Madueke (Mount 68), Felix, Mudryk (Ziyech 68); Havertz

Subs not used: Bettinelli, Chalobah, D Fofana, Azpilicueta, Chukwuemeka

Scorers: Felix 16

Booked: Badiashile

Manager: Graham Potter

Ref: Craig Pawson