Relegation-threatened West Brom routs Chelsea
Christian Pulisic scored his 2nd Premier League aim of the season, but Chelsea suffered a humiliating 5-2 defeat at dwelling towards relegation-threatened West Brom on Saturday.
Matheus Pereira and Callum Robinson every scored twice and Mbaye Diagne also came upon himself on the scoresheet as Thomas Tuchel fell to his first defeat since taking price at Stamford Bridge.
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The hosts took the lead by strategy of Pulisic within the first half but went correct down to 10 males moments later when Thiago Silva picked up a 2nd yellow card earlier than 30 minutes.
Mason Mount lowered the deficit gradual on, but the consequence dents Chelsea’s top four hopes this season.
“We gave away two very easy objectives. What could perhaps roam nasty went nasty after the red card,” Tuchel told BT Sport after the recreation. “Now we want to objective win the enormous loss.
“We did enormous errors earlier than the 2 yellow cards. There had been too many easy ball losses. It was impossible for us to objective win the scenario. Every shot was a aim from them.
“Clearly it was no longer our day this day. We will decide up the ethical response. First of all or no longer it’s important we digest it. I did no longer in discovering it coming; now we have to get our duties — me included — and shake it off.”
Pulisic opened the scoring after 27 minutes when he reacted quickest to Sam Johnstone‘s place from Marcos Alonso‘s free kick.
Not as a lot as a minute later, Silva was despatched off for a gradual scenario on Okay Yokuslu and the pals went ahead earlier than the fracture with a quickfire double from Pereira.
Robinson completed off a smartly-labored group aim after the hour worth, and Diagne grabbed a fourth moments later.
Chelsea hit relieve three minutes later when substitute Mount scored, but Robinson notched his 2nd in stoppage time to precise a sparkling victory for West Brom.
Pulisic regarded as if it would derive up an effort that compelled him to plan off at half-time. He initially entered the pitch alongside his teammates for the originate of the 2nd half, most attention-grabbing to flip around and be in contact to his manager earlier than coming off.
Chelsea live in fourth concern, whereas West Brom quit in 19th concern and seven aspects from security.
“It was an advanced first half for us. We made some easy errors we don’t fundamentally place,” Pulisic told BT Sport. “The red card adjustments the entirety. To present them credit, they played their attacks primarily smartly. Or no longer it’s no time to horror. Now we had been in criminal carry out and misplaced one recreation. We can have to be ready for midweek.”
West Brom boss Sam Allardyce told BBC: “I’m contented. Not most attention-grabbing with the get but the fashion; it has been coming for a whereas, but our lack of ending has payment us.
“What we saw this day is what we have been lacking. The quality of our objectives and our soccer brought us a sparkling consequence. We had been desperate for it. They went correct down to 10 males, deservedly so. Thiago Silva could perhaps have gone for his first base. Nonetheless on many instances I truly have received a consequence with 10 males, but we took Chelsea apart.”