Chelsea thrashed West Ham United 5-1 to earn their first victory of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign and pile more pressure on their former head coach, Graham Potter.
The Blues had talisman Cole Palmer limp out of their warm-up at London Stadium and fell behind to a spectacular sixth-minute strike from Lucas Paqueta, but their response was emphatic.
Joao Pedro scored and supplied an assist for Pedro Neto as Chelsea flipped the script by the 23rd minute, and an Enzo Fernandez tap-in had them 3-1 up before half-time.
West Ham were booed off at the break and some poor set-piece defending saw them ship another two goals before the hour mark as Moises Caicedo and Trevoh Chalobah got in on the act.
The Hammers are bottom after two matches, while Chelsea are top with four points.
