West Ham United vs Chelsea
Match pulse
WHUAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHU | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| CHE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: West Ham 3-1
West Ham United beat Chelsea 3-1 on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at Boleyn Ground. Goals for West Ham: Carlton Cole (63'), Mohamed Diamé (86') and Modibo Maïga (90'+1'). Goals for Chelsea: Juan Mata (13').
Play by play
West Ham move to within three points of Chelsea. And the Blues have now not won for seven Premier League games - their worst run for 18 years. That's it, remember you can follow me on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/dalejohnsonESPN" target="_blank">@dalejohnsonESPN</a>
Chelsea went missing after the break, no answer to the increased tempo from the home side - and the visiting fans were far from happy.
West Ham were outstanding in the second half. The performance of Diame was out of the top drawer - which does make you ask why he didn't start.
- 94'
And that's it! What a comeback from the Hammers! They beat Chelsea 3-1!
- 94'
Upton Park is bouncing, bubbles floating around the air. There's going to be an East End knees up tonight!
- 93'
The cross from the right finds Torres completely unamrked five yards out - and he heads straight at Jasskelainen.
- 92'
Ashley Cole is caught in possession, Maiga feeds in Taylor put he saw his shot saved by Cech. The loose ball fell back to Maiga who powered the ball home.
- 91'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> MODIBO MAIGA
- 91'
Four minutes to be added on.
- 90'
Now West Ham play it safe and take the corner short to waste time.
- 89'
Nolan nips in round the back and wins another corner for the home side. The crowd are loving this now.
- 89'
Nolan takes and puts it straight into the gloves of Cech. Not great play there to gift the ball back to Chelsea like that.
- 88'
West Ham have their tails up, and Azpilicueta has to put the ball behind for a corner.
- 88'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> A final change for West Ham with that assist the last act from Cole, Maiga comes on.
- 87'
O'Brien lifts a pass into Cole in the box, he holds it up well before laying off to Diame who fires in low from 15 yards out to give West Ham the lead!
- 86'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> MOHAMED DIAME
- 86'
Oscar shoots from the edge of the box, but can only put it over.
- 85'
Back up the other end and Marin has a weak snap shot which Jasskelainen collects with ease.
- 84'
...the header is arrowing into the net but Cole gets back superbly to head off the line.
- 84'
In comes the corner, Reid is completely unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box and must put the Hammers in front...
- 83'
But Jarvis never looks confident, and Cech stretches out to push his effort behind.
- 82'
It opens up for West Ham! Noble sends Jarvis through on goal!
- 81'
Chelsea win successive corners but can't create anything, but the pendulum has swung back to the visitors.
- 80'
Demel deals with a cross - but only by putting the ball behind for a corner.
- 79'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Moses is replaced by Marin - who looks to be carrying a bit timber
Leaders
WHUCHE 
