West Brom and Chelsea played out the Premier League match of
the season so far at The Hawthorns on Sunday lunchtime.
It looks like Chelsea are back to surge towards the top of the
table after securing their first three point-haul of the new
campaign.
James Morrison’s early penalty, saved by Thibaut Courtois,
looked to be crucial when Chelsea took a 2-0 lead thanks to
Pedro and Diego Costa.
James Morrison scored twice, but sandwiched in-between was
a rare goal from Cesar Azpilicueta.
And, one of the big talking points was John Terry’s sending off
on 54 minutes.
Twitter, as usual, was quick to react to Chelsea’s win with
many hailing Pedro for an excellent debut, with the Spaniard
bagging a goal and a brace within the opening 45.
The Baggies and Salomon Rondon showed a lot more fight than
they had done against Manchester City in their opening game
but have just one point from three games…
#WBA 2-3 #CFC (83') – 3 Spaniards have scored (Pedro,
Costa and Azpi) for the 2nd time in a #BPL match (Michu,
Rangel and Pablo, 09.02.2013)
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) August 23, 2015
Helluva debut! #Pedro #cfc
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) August 23, 2015
Very impressive debut from Pedro. Louis van Gaal, you've
had a nightmare! pic.twitter.com/sp7UtXYE7x
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) August 23, 2015
FT: West Brom 2-3 Chelsea. Sublime Pedro debut: goal &
assist. Costa & Azpi score. Courtois pen save, JT red &
90mins of rain. Crazy stuff.
— Dan Levene (@BluesChronicle) August 23, 2015
Goal ✅ Assist ✅ MOTM ✅ Welcome to the Premier
League, Pedro Eliezer Rodríguez Ledesma. #CFC
pic.twitter.com/ABDvRcj6a4
— bet365 (@bet365) August 23, 2015
And that's why he is the #SpecialOne . He can beat WBA
with 10 men! #cfc
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) August 23, 2015
Hard-fought to say the least. Well played Pedro and
McManaman. Not so well played Matic and Cesc. #CFC
— Sam Tighe (@stighefootball) August 23, 2015
Mourinho appeared to shout into the technical box mic at
the final whistle … have Sky broadcast what he said?
— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceIndy) August 23, 2015
You can see from Jose's reaction at the end that it was a
big result that for Chelsea.
— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) August 23, 2015
FT #WBA 2-3 #CFC The champions are up and running, but
they made hard work of it. 15 efforts apiece (via @
StatsZone ) pic.twitter.com/tp3gEVLyhv
— Stats Zone (@StatsZone) August 23, 2015
A brilliant team performance both with 11 men and 10.
Debutant Pedro was brilliant – he, Diego and Azpi got our
goals before HT. #CFCLive
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 23, 2015
Weird ad boards. "Delhi Dynamos welcomes Florent
Malouda to the family." #NamasteMalouda pic.twitter.com/
g578JRpQb5
— Miriti Murungi (@NutmegRadio) August 23, 2015
14 – Chelsea have beaten West Brom more often in the
Premier League than any other side (14). Bagged.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 23, 2015
