Stamford Bridge, West London
Chelsea 4 West Ham Utd. 1
Another game, another loss, although it is no shame to lose to Chelsea on their pitch, especially as they have a very clear chance to win the Premiership title this year. Whenever West Ham play one of the Big Four—Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal or Liverpool—we seem to raise our game and play well under severe pressure for an hour, and this is what happened in this match. Ilan missed a sitter for the Hammers, from all of five yards, and that will not endear him to manager Gianfranco Zola, who gave starts to him and Mido (we have these two players who have no first name (well, they probably do for their mothers), just like Beyonce or Kylie, or someone like that) in place of Alesssandro Diamanti and Carlton Cole, who has a slightly sore knee. Anyway, Chelsea punished us a minute later. We did equalise from a fantastic, unstoppable shot from Scott Parker, who does not score often, but when he does they are often spectacular, this time a shot from 30 yards that the goalkeeper did not even move towards. Then, on 51 minutes, we were guilty of another horrendous lapse in our defense when Didier Drogba scored with the simplest of headers. After that, it was all downhill. Next up, Arsenal…more onslaught. Currently, West Ham is three points (that is, one win) away from danger and relegation.
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