THE RESULT

West Ham Chelsea and Diafra Sakho held back on the bench.

Instead, Moyes asked Michail Antonio to fill the lone forward role and the move had the desired effect as the hard-working home side went ahead via Arnautovic’s early strike.

Last weekend’s narrow defeat at Manchester City appeared to have instilled confidence in Moyes’s side, who demonstrated no fear in taking the game to Chelsea.

That belief was summed up in the way they carved open the visitors’ defence to force the breakthrough.

Arnautovic exchanged passes with Manuel Lanzini before wrong-footing Cesar Azpilicueta and placing the ball beyond Thibaut Courtois with his left foot.

HANDBALL SHOUT Chelsea had rallied to beat Newcastle United last weekend after falling behind, but their response this time was less convincing.

Even Eden Hazard showed signs of being off the pace when he pulled a close-range volley across the face of goal.

Conte’s men, who had missed out on the chance to top their Champions League group after failing to beat Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge in midweek, lacked their usual zip.

While Adrian was obliged to save sighters from N’Golo Kante and Davide Zappacosta, Chelsea struggled to create enough clear openings during the first half. — AFP