Chelsea rallied after the break to come from a goal and beat West Ham on Graham Potter’s return to Stamford Bridge.
The home side was outdated for long periods and well -organized visitors to Potter took advantage of a worthy lead at the end of the first half via Jarrod Bowen.
But a very improved screen in the second half was rewarded when Pedro Neto swept on an equalizer.
And Cole Palmer-in a hurry-had a hand to the winner when his low cross/shot fell out of Aaron Wan-Bissaka to give Chelsea the points that took them back fourth in the Premier League.
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Potter, on his first return to the ground since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023, will have seen a lot to be excited.
Bowen returned from an injury to be described for the first time in 2025 and was excellent throughout, opening the scoring with a brilliant low finish after a mistake by Levi Colwill.
Enzo Maresca had seen quite a bit and made four changes from the 52nd minute.
And one of them, former Wolves Winger Neto, dragged their level with a strong finish after Marc Cucurella turned the ball back to the goal.
Palmer-who had seven goal shots in the game-then led to the area and shot in a ball that ran over Alphonse Areola’s head through the former Wan-Bissaka of Manchester United.
Mohammed Kudus had a slowly blocked shot as Hammers fought through seven minutes of extra time, but Chelsea was held.
