Masauku fires West Ham winner

By Avideep Nandi Majumdar



Masauku scored an 87th minute fluke winner as West Ham ended Chelsea unbeaten run here at the London Stadium in the Afternoon kickoff.

It was Chelsea who took the lead in the 28th minute.A corner from the right was delivered and it was Silva who rose highest and headed the ball into the ground which then bounced off Fabianskis palm and into the net.West Ham tried to bounce back and just 2 minutes had a good shot cleared off the line.West Ham equalized in the 40th minute.A catastrophic backpass by Jorgino to Mendy was seized by Bowen and in an attempt to get the ball off him,Mendy fouled him inside the 18 yard box.The referee wasted no time in awarding a penalty to West Ham.Lanzini sent Mendy the wrong way and restored parity.However Mount beat Fabianski at his near post and restored Chelsea's lead just before the interval.In the second half,Bowen equalized again for the home side in the 56th minute.Bowen should have given West Ham the lead for the very first time but unfortunately he couldnt tap in from Antonio's pass.Then in the 87th minute second half substitute Masauku won it for West ham when his superb chip caught Mendy off guard and flew into the net despite the best efforts of Mendy.West Ham saw out the win in a comfortable fashion.

This was the first time Chelsea had conceded 2 goals this season.

With the win,West ham stayed 4th and Chelsea's lead at the top of the table was cut down to 2 points.