Chelsea recovered after the break to come from a goal down and beat West Ham on the return of Graham Potter to the Stamford bridge.
The local team was out of place for great periods and Potter’s well -organized visitors took advantage of a deserved advantage at the end of the first half through Jarrod Bowen.
But a very improved screen in the second half was rewarded when Pedro Neto swept in an equalizer.
And Cole Palmer, inevitably, had a hand in the winner when his low crossing/shot was placed in Aaron Wan-Bissaka to give Chelsea the points that took them back to fourth place in the Premier League.
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Potter, on his first return to the ground since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023, will have seen much to be excited.
Bowen returned from an injury to a feature film for the first time in 2025 and was excellent at all times, opening the score with a brilliant low final after a Levi Colwill error.
Enzo Maresca had seen enough and made four changes in the 52nd minute.
And one of them, the former end of the net wolves, took them to a powerful end after Marc Cucurella returned the ball through the goal.
Palmer, who had seven shots in the goal in the game, then led to the area and shot in a ball that remembered Alphonse Areola’s head through the former Full-Bissaka of Manchester United Wan-Bissaka.
Mohammed Kudus had a late shot blocked when the Hammers fought for seven additional minutes, but Chelsea clung.
