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da stake casino: West Ham United remained in the bottom half of the Premier League table following their 2-0 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Monday night.
Manuel Pellegrini went with a bold line-up incorporating Javier Hernandez, Marko Arnautovic, Manuel Lanzini and Felipe Anderson in west London, but it didn’t yield either a result or a goal.
Eden Hazard’s brilliant brace proved to be the difference on what was a disappointing evening for a number of Irons players, but there are a couple who will have gone up in their manager’s estimations.
Aaron Cresswell
While the 29-year-old has been more of a consistent starter in recent weeks and even captained the side against Everton last weekend, there is no doubt that Pellegrini would have been more than a little concerned when he saw the team-sheets on Monday.
Callum Hudson-Odoi was handed a start by Maurizio Sarri on the right-hand side, and given the pace and trickery he has in his locker it seemed certain that he was going to give Cresswell a tough evening.
Instead the Liverpool-born defender dealt with the England international reasonably well – especially in the second half – and even went close to scoring himself.
Robert Snodgrass
Following a consistent run in the starting XI for much of the season, the Scot has been in and out of the side in more recent times and was named on the substitutes’ bench at Stamford Bridge.
It didn’t take him long to get an opportunity to prove himself though as he replaced Javier Hernandez at half-time, and he put in an impressive second-half showing.
He made a big impact from the onset, as his introduction gave Felipe Anderson more freedom and allowed Declan Rice to drop deeper – where he is at his best.
In addition his set-pieces were almost all spot on, and he has certainly staked his claim and surely put himself in contention for a start when the Irons face Manchester United at the weekend.