HIGHLIGHTS: Chelsea 2 vs 1 Westham: Full match highlights

Chelsea survived a late scare to come from behind and earn a 2-1 victory at home to West Ham on Saturday afternoon.

For much of the contest, West Ham lived up to Thomas Tuchel's pre-match assessment of the visitors who showed their capacity to "dig in and defend deep with a lot of discipline”. Chelsea's painfully ponderous passing exclusively in front of West Ham's claret and blue block didn't threaten to tease their opponents open.

It took until the 27th minute for either team to attempt a single shot in anger.

West Ham emerged from the interval with more purpose than their listless hosts and the Hammers took the lead via another avenue Chelsea's manager had highlighted before kick-off; set pieces.

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Edouard Mendy unconvincingly patted a corner kick to the feet of Declan Rice at the back post. West Ham's skipper fired the ball across the six-yard box for Michail Antonio to tap in, sending the ball into a net which already contained West Ham's Thilo Kehrer on top of the Chelsea duo of Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana, all entangled amid the set-piece scramble after an hour.

Chelsea were belatedly sparked into life by that concession and aided by the raft of substitutes Tuchel tossed onto the pitch. Armando Broja almost benefitted from a rare lapse among West Ham's rearguard as Mason Mount began to collect the ball between the lines.

Ben Chilwell ultimately hauled Chelsea level in the 76th minute with a goal that wasn't much more aesthetically pleasing than Antonio's opener.

Darting between Vladimir Coufal and Kehrer, Thiago Silva's pass span off Chilwell's oiled hair. The substitute was quickest to react, poking the ball between Lukasz Fabianski's legs from a tight angle.

Chilwell turned provider in the 88th minute, teeing up another substitute, Kai Havertz, for what would prove to be the winning goal.

However, the German's strike was only the start of a frantic conclusion as Maxwel Cornet had the ball in the net two minutes later. The Ivory Coast international had already hit the post in his brief cameo but was denied a last-gasp equaliser by VAR, which deemed his contact on Mendy too forceful while he snaffled up the goalkeeper's parry.

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