Wearing the new Club World Cup winners badge, Chelsea was held to a scoreless draw at home against Crystal Palace, looking less than lively in their opening match. West Ham, which has spent more than $90 million to upgrade the team this summer, was crushed 3-0 by newly-promoted Sunderland.

Paqueta opens scoring & Joao Pedro levels before Fullkrug effort ruled out Neto puts Chelsea in front and Fernandez adds third from Estevao assist Caicedo and Chalobah add to haul after the break Cole Palmer ruled out in warm-up after being named in starting XI Use Get Involved link to have your say Gary Rose West Ham 1-5 Chelsea West Ham are having a decent little spell at the moment,

Chelsea went down early at West Ham but responded with vigor through a quintet of goal scorers led by Joao Pedro on Friday at the London Stadium.