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Jonty Colman

Michail Antonio proves point at Chelsea as VAR leaves West Ham reeling but with no need to panic

West Ham United fell to a harsh 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Saturday afternoon at Stamford Bridge.

In the final 30 minutes of what had been a rather glum tie until that point, Michail Antonio’s first league goal of the season put David Moyes’ side in front, only for Chelsea substitutes Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz to both notch to secure a 2-1 win for Thomas Tuchel’s side.

West Ham thought they’d equalised in the 90th minute when Maxwel Cornet pounced on an Edouard Mendy fumble to convert, only for VAR to controversially disallow the goal, with Jarrod Bowen judged to have fouled the Blues’ goalkeeper.

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