Chelsea vs West Ham LIVE: Premier League results, final scores and reaction from today’s games
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Sunday’s headline Premier League action comes in the late afternoon on Merseyside, but before then there are three matches with significant ramifications in both halves of the table, starting with the race for European places.
West Ham United head to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea, with neither side in great form in league play recently but both having a vested interest in cup competitions - and still with Europe next season to think about, too. The Blues can open a seven-point gap down to fifth if they win, which would be a massive step to assuring themselves of Champions League football in 2022/23 - but the Hammers aren’t out of the running for Europa League places yet and can leapfrog Manchester United into sixth if they take victory themselves.
Burnley can climb out of the relegation zone if they win on home soil against a Wolves outfit who themselves could go level with the Hammers if results go their way, while both the Seagulls and Saints are still aiming for a top-half finish to end the campaign on a positive note. Follow all the team news, build-up and latest scores from all three games below:
Southampton fought back from two goals down to draw at Brighton in the other early kick-off.
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Brighton 2-2 Southampton
Burnley 1-0 Wolves
Karl Matchett24 April 2022 15:59
Full-time: Chelsea got there in the end. After a torrid first half of football, Chelsea eventually got going late on and found the winner through substitute Christian Pulisic.
Jorginho’s blushes were spared after he rolled a woeful penalty into the arms of Lukasz Fabianski following Craig Dawson’s foul on Romelu Lukaku. Dawson was also shown a red card for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Yet despite Jorginho’s spot kick miss, Pulisic finally broke a depleted West Ham side down in the final moments of the match to hand Chelsea their first home win in four games.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:55
Burnley have beaten Wolves and move out of the relegation zone! Everton are now two points adrift of Burnley ahead of the Merseyside derby at 4.30pm.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:52
90+3 mins: Chelsea knocking the ball around confidently now as they see out this one against the tired 1 men of West Ham.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:52
90+1 mins: Mount fires a dipping shot narrowly over the bar. Chelsea have woken up in stoppage time at the end of the match.
There will be a minimum of four minutes added time.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:51
90 mins: Right at the death!
Mount finds Alonso down the left-hand side and he pulls it back for Pulisic who rolls the ball into the far corner!
Relief for Chelsea and Jorginho in particular.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:49
89 mins: So after all of that - a red card and penalty - it remains goalless.
What a bizarre end to a hapless match.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:48
87 mins: OH MY WORD!
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:46
85 mins: As expected, Craig Dawson is sent off. What a real, real shame. The centre-back who has been sensational all afternoon has now been dismissed.
And with Zouma, Diop and Ogbonna already on the sidelines, this is another selection headache for Moyes at the heart of his defence - in the Premier League.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:46
85 mins: VAR also looking at whether it was a clear goalscoring opportunity. It was. That means Dawson’s yellow card is going to be upgraded to a red here. Almost certainly.
Dylan Terry24 April 2022 15:45