Wards Antonio Conte confidently dealt with West Bromwich in his field (3-0).
Chelsea played very unsuccessfully in the last bouts, so the meeting with the last team of the championship turned out very opportunely. However, the "thrushes" from the first minutes took the ball under their control and confidently played the "first number". The debut of the match overshadowed the injury of Daniel Sturridge - only four minutes survived the Englishman. Rodriguez, who came on as a substitute, could open the scoring, but hurried with a blow and did not hit the target.
Closer to the middle of the half, "retired" pushed the game to someone else's gate and began to create moments. Olivier Giroux after an excellent transfer of Azar could not beat Foster from a favorable position. Nevertheless, in a few minutes Ben took the ball out of the net. Eden Azar beat with Gira and irresistibly struck in the far corner. At the break the teams left with the minimum advantage of the team of Antonio Conte.
The hosts actively started the second half of the game, trying to double the advantage to consolidate their leading position in the match. However, the "thrushes" also had their capabilities. Rondon hand pushed Christensen and punched from the penalty - Courtois transferred the ball to the corner. It's strange that Lee Mason did not notice the violation of the rules in this moment. And after a few minutes, Chelsea realized his moment - Moses played Fabregas, Ceck gave the transfer, but the ball caught Dawson and returned to Victor, and he doubled the advantage of his team.
A comfortable advantage was achieved and the "blue" did not make sense in any hurry, but Eden Azar decided to take a double. The Belgian moved from the flank to the center and hit the near corner. There are some questions to Ben Foster, where did he go?
The hosts were not in a hurry to run into the attack, and the wards of Pardew could not change anything elementary, so the final whistle was fixed by the confident victory of the team of Conte.
Chelsea - West Bromwich 3: 0 Goals: Azar, 25, 71, Moses, 63.
Chelsea: Courtois - Aspilicueta, Christensen (Cahill, 74), Rudiger - Moses, Kante, Fabregas, Dzappakosta - Pedro (Willian, 80), Giroux (Morata, 61), Azar.
West Bromwich: Foster - Dawson, Hegazi, Evans, Gibbs - Phillips, Kryhovyak, Barry (Jacob, 81), Brant (Burke, 46) - Sturridge (Rodriguez, 4), Rondon.
Warnings: Evans, Gibbs.