With 18 minutes left, Ben Chilwell, who had been demoted to the bench, came on for Cucurella and scored an equalizer and set up the winning goal in Chelsea’s shaky 2-1 victory.
Nobody was surprised when West Ham, led by David Moyes, arrived at Stamford Bridge with the intention of playing no football, defending aggressively with every player on the field, and hoping to capitalize on a slip-up by the hosts.
The slow attrition, which lasted from the first minute to just after an hour, was unbearably boring to watch.
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Chelsea finally woke up and began playing with some tempo and urgency after West Ham converted their first set piece into a goal.
However, West Ham was able to gather themselves and resume their previous tactics after Ben Chilwell’s absolutely unbelievable equalizer drastically changed the tide in our favor.
Kai Havertz’s 88th-minute goal gave them a shaky victory that may have lessened his shame.
Todd Boehly must have been experiencing a magnificent case of buyer’s remorse up until that point as he saw a team that he had spent the majority of his summer transfer budget ($231.1m) on head toward a humiliating loss to West Ham.
The new Chelsea owner and transfer guru has discovered that it was accurate to believe that the new left back, who cost £62 million, might not be as excellent as the left back currently playing for the team.
In the first half, Marc Cucurella made multiple attempts at it, and when he finally succeeded, the Shed End cheered him on ironically.
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