Rosenior's Chelsea is something else! Spectacular comeback puts Hammers to sleep

It was as if everything had to go wrong for Chelsea to finally start playing football.

For 45 minutes, they were nothing more than spectators in their own house, watching West Ham batter them - not with a hammer, but with a sledgehammer. One more blow from above and Stamford Bridge would have fallen silent for good. That was the script… until the half-time whistles and Liam Rosenior's ruthless intervention tore it apart for a spectacular 3-2 win.

Chelsea came out reborn.

The second half belonged to a different animal - aggressive, hungry, relentless. It looked far more like the side that had taken Napoli apart days earlier. Every loose ball was attacked, every duel embraced. Rosenior pushed all his chips into the middle of the table: all-out attack, whatever the cost. And Chelsea, written off, rose from the dead and turned a London derby upside down.

Enzo Fernandez lit the fuse, Stamford Bridge exploded, and when Adama Traore sparked chaos in stoppage time, the madness was complete: 3-2 after being 2-0 down.

West Ham had history on their side. Two goals away against Chelsea for the first time in 40 years. A lead unseen at Stamford Bridge since 1986. And yet… they squandered it all. They retreated, stopped playing, convinced that Bowen and Summerville's first-half goals would be enough. They weren't.

Because Rosenior pulled two decisive levers: Marc Cucurella and Joao Pedro. And suddenly, everything revolved around the Brazilian.

Joao Pedro was everywhere. Scorer, creator, instigator, fighter. He had a response for every situation, even when Traore came looking for trouble. He refused to hide. He refused to be owed.

Character. That word has followed Rosenior into Chelsea's dressing room. This team may not always play beautiful football under him, but it will always show its teeth.

Joao Pedro will be a weapon, whether from the start or off the bench. He was the spark against Napoli in the Champions League, and he was the trigger here. His movement ignited the comeback, his intelligence launched the move finished by Cucurella, and his work rate paved the way for Enzo Fernandez's stoppage-time winner.

Ball to Joao Pedro. Late run from Enzo. And Stamford Bridge erupted!

PREMIER LEAGUE - MATCHDAY 24

Saturday

Brighton - Everton 1-1 (0-0)

/Gross 73 - Beto 90+7/

Wolves - Bournemouth 0-2 (0-1)

/Kroupi 33, Scott 90+1/

Leeds United - Arsenal 0-3 (0-2)

/Zubimendi 27, Darlow og 38, Gyokeres 69/

Chelsea - West Ham 3-2 (0-2)

/Pedro 57, Cucurella 70, Enzo F. 90+2 - Bowen 7, Summerville 36/

Liverpool - Newcastle IN PROGRESS

Sunday

17.00: (2.10) Aston Villa (3.50) Brentford (3.80)

17.00: (1.63) Man.Utd. (4.20) Fulham (5.00)

17.00: (2.00) Nott.Forest (3.40) Crystal Palace (3.90)

19.30: (4.60) Tottenham (4.20) Man.City (1.75)

Monday

23.00: (1.80) Sunderland (3.70) Burnley (4.90)

***odds are subject to change***