England Roundup: Ward-Prowse leads West Ham over Chelsea; Aston Villa routs Everton
LONDON (AP) — James Ward-Prowse had two assists on his West Ham debut to assist his new group beat Chelsea 3-1 within the Premier League on Sunday regardless of enjoying with 10 males for half-hour, leaving Mauricio Pochettino nonetheless searching for a primary win as Blues supervisor.
Ward-Prowse arrange the primary two West Ham objectives to upstage Moises Caicedo, who gave away a slipshod penalty for the third aim in damage time after approaching as a second-half substitute for his first Chelsea look since his record-breaking $146 million transfer from Brighton.
Ward-Prowse, who joined from relegated Southampton this week, delivered an ideal nook that was headed in by Nayef Aguerd to present West Ham the lead within the seventh minute.
Carney Chukwuemeka equalized for Chelsea within the twenty eighth and Enzo Fernandez — who value Chelsea about $130 million final season — then missed a penalty for the Blues simply earlier than the halftime break.
West Ham retook the lead when Ward-Prowse performed a ball excessive for Michail Antonio to run onto and the striker beat Robert Sanchez with a shot from the sting of the world within the 53rd.
Aguerd then earned a second reserving for a badly mistimed problem within the 67th, however Chelsea was unable to take benefit as its lack of attacking choices once more made itself evident.
Instead, Caicedo tripped Emerson within the space to present away a penalty that Lucas Paqueta calmly transformed within the fifth minute of damage time.
Both groups had opened the season with attracts final weekend, although Chelsea had regarded spectacular in a 1-1 stalemate in opposition to Liverpool at dwelling.
Since that sport, Chelsea accomplished the signings of each Caicedo and fellow midfielder Romeo Lavia within the hopes of turning into extra defensively strong, however the latter was not even on the bench. And for Caicedo, it was a debut to neglect.
Aston Villa 4, Everton 0
In Birmingham, Aston Villa went from dropping by 4 objectives in its first sport of the season to profitable by the identical margin in its second.
Villa took benefit of poor Everton defending to beat the Toffees 4-0 within the Premier League on Sunday and hand Unai Emery his greatest win since taking up as supervisor.
Bouncing again from a 5-1 loss at Newcastle final weekend, Villa took a 2-0 lead after objectives from captain John McGinn and Douglas Luiz within the first half after which added second-half efforts from Leon Bailey and substitute Jhon Duran.
Everton, in the meantime, has but to attain a aim in two video games and has misplaced its opening two video games for the second successive season. Making issues worse, striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin was substituted within the thirty eighth after a conflict of heads, including to his issues after an injury-plagued final season.
McGinn put Villa forward within the 18th minute with a volley and Luiz doubled the lead from the penalty spot within the twenty fourth after VAR dominated Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had taken out Ollie Watkins with a flailing arm.
The guests had been pressured into one other change quickly after the restart when Alex Iwobi hobbled off and was changed by Neal Maupay.
Villa put the consequence past doubt within the 51st minute when Bailey pounced after Everton defender Michael Keane had miscontrolled a throw-in into the field and fired dwelling a low shot underneath Pickford.
Watkins went near including a fourth when his angled effort rolled inches broad earlier than Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez blocked Maupay’s close-range effort on the different finish following a nook.
Keane was caught out once more within the buildup to Villa’s fourth, miskicking from former Villa defender Ashley Young’s throw-in and Duran ran clear to attain his first aim for the membership, lower than a minute after stepping off the bench to exchange Watkins.
