Half-time: West Ham 0 Chelsea 1

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Eden Hazard’s close-range header gave Chelsea a half-time lead.

The Premier League leaders played with supreme confidence early on and could easily have gone ahead had 17-goal striker Diego Costa not fired over the bar after a glorious move.

West Ham responded, with Cheikhou Kouyate forcing a fine close-range stop from the recalled Thibaut Courtois.

But the Blues, with Oscar restored to the side and Kurt Zouma once again playing in midfield, were dominating possession and constantly probing the home defence.

And Hazard deservedly headed them in front after a fine counter-attack saw the Belgian head home an enticing Ramires cross.

Costa was then denied the chance to get a shot away by Carl Jenkinson when through on goal while the Hammers wasted a wonderful chance when Diafra Sakho’s weak header from six yards was saved by Courtois.

Chelsea: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta, Ramires, Zouma, Fabregas, Oscar, Hazard, Costa.
Subs: Cech, Luis, Willian, Cuadrado, Loftus-Cheek, Drogba, Remy .

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