Joao Pedro had a goal and two assists as Chelsea overcame an early goal to rout West Ham United 5-1 at the London Stadium on Friday.

Lucas Paqueta staked West Ham to a sixth-minute lead with a venomous left-footed strike from distance but the Blues answered with three goals before half and made it academic by the hour mark.

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Moises Caicedo, Trevoh Chalobah, Enzo Fernandez, and Pedro Neto joined Pedro on the score sheet in the win, with Estevao Willian and Marc Cucurella adding assists. Estevao only started after a warm-up injury to Cole Palmer, who cooled concerns by watching the game from the bench. Blues manager Enzo Maresca said the move was precautionary as Palmer didn’t feel right and was not 100% in training this week.

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