London : Chelsea started their match against West Brom when Christian Pulisic scored his second Premier League goal of the season although Chelsea suffered a humiliating 5-2 defeat at home against after being rendered 10 men on 29 minutes Saturday, April 2.
Matheus Pereira and Callum Robinson scored a brace and Mbaye Diagne also found himself on the scoresheet as Thomas Tuchel faced his first defeat since taking charge at Stamford Bridge. Pulisic gave his team the lead in the first half but went down to 10 men just moments later when Thiago Silva picked up a second yellow card just before 30 minutes mark.
The host went 2-1 down during half-time, but in the second half things only got tough when they went 4 goals down. Mason Mount scored the second goal for his team but the Blues ended up conceding yet another in the dying minutes to ensure a 5-2 score line.
“We gave away two very easy goals. What could go wrong went wrong after the red card,” Tuchel told the media after the game. “We have to accept the big loss. “We did big mistakes before the two yellow cards. There were too many easy ball losses. It was impossible for us to accept the situation. Every shot was a goal from them.
“Clearly it was not our day today. We will get the right response. First of all it’s important we digest it. I did not see it coming, now we have to take our responsibilities — me included — and shake it off.”
Sam Allardyce told the media, “I am delighted. Not only with the win but the style, it has been coming for a while but our lack of finishing has cost us.
“What we saw today is what we have been missing. The quality of our goals and our football brought us a fantastic result. We were desperate for it. They went down to 10 men, deservedly so. Thiago Silva could have gone for his first foul. But on many occasions I have got a result with 10 men but we took Chelsea apart.”
