5-0: Chelsea score and still believe in Europe

In his best moment of the season, decisive and indisputable this Sunday against West Hamhe Chelsea reaffirmed its European options, two points adrift of sixth place with plenty of games remaining, with one defeat started by Cole Palmer, led 3-0 at half-time and rounded off in the second half (5-0). In addition to Palmerthey marked Conor Gallagher, Madueke and Nicolas Jackson, WHO He achieved a double in this London derby.

It was only the Conference League, perhaps below initial expectations, but also an important reward when the campaign began. The match is open. There are three candidates for a ticket: Newcastle has 56 points and Chelsea has 54, the same as Manchester United, which closes the penultimate day this Monday with its visit to Crystal Palace. Then, only six points remain at stake.

Meanwhile, the Palmer phenomenon was unstoppable. Only Erling Haaland has surpassed him on the scoring charts in this ‘Premier’ campaign. The giant Manchester City, scorer of four goals this Saturday, has 25. The 21-year-old Chelsea midfielder, transferred from the Etihad for 45 million euros, scored 21. His team as a whole achieved the 68.

It is the transcendence and ascendancy of the young English international in just two games, whose emergence in the current season can be seen, with the merit it represents within a team that, between its rebuilding under the direction of Mauricio Pochettino and the process that accompanies , has gone through irregularity throughout the season.

It still suffers, but it is more reliable. It’s true that they’ve only won half of their last 12 games in league competition, including this Sunday, as it’s also true that they’ve lost just one – a thrashing 5-0 against Arsenal -. They have now won three of their last six, but their conclusive first half against West Ham reaffirmed their recovery.

In just half an hour, he certainly overwhelmed his opponent, who has won just one of his last nine league games, or three of his last 17 games. His path is the opposite of Chelsea, who started the season poorly, but he is feeling better, unleashed this Sunday on the way to a 1-0 victory that Palmer scored after a quarter of an hour, when he struck he rebounds inside his opponent’s area. . The beginning of everything.

Then, after half an hour, Conor Gallagher made it 2-0, with a cross volley into the area after a rebound. Then, in the 35th minute, Madueke finished alone from a corner kick that Mudryk took and Thiago Silva made it 3-0, without even a sign of reaction from West Ham, who hit the crossbar of 1- 0. 0…

And he lost, until Bowen hit another right hand into the post that would put him back in the match. He gave another one, already in the second half.

The crossbar also stopped Gallagher from 4-0, even in the first half, but Nicolas Jackson did not at the start of the second, when Madueke gave him the fourth goal of the match, after a long pass from in Chalobah and eleventh mismatch in the defense of West Ham, which has long been spoiled by one of its virtues at the beginning of the championship. The former Villarreal striker has scored 15 goals in 41 games this season.

They are a better team than West Ham are currently showing, with almost no news about Lucas Paquetá, who retired injured in the 76th minute nor about Edson Álvarez, who was replaced at half-time by Ward Prowse , whose free kick was denied by. Petrovic with a great intervention. All capital players for a reduced team this Sunday for Chelsea, who still scored 5-0 by Nicolas Jackson and still believe Europe is possible. He has two days to prove it. It does not depend on oneself.