Chelsea 5-0 West Ham: Blues decimate Hammers, Pochettino's side move up 7th
Chelsea got in some early Thursday - Sunday practice as they mount a late charge for Europe.
Just three days after beating Tottenham, head coach Mauricio Pochettino rallied his young players to claim a second London derby win in succession.
This rout lifts Chelsea into seventh place where they are perched on Newcastle’s shoulders just points behind with three games each to play.
From heading towards mid-table insignificance, there is suddenly a lot to play for in the final fortnight of a turbulent season.
But there is also now a big dilemma facing Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly amid speculation Pochettino will be sacked in the summer.
If the Argentine can add Europa League qualification to the Carabao Cup final and a Wembley semi final in the FA Cup in his first year in charge while juggling a crippling injury list, it makes it hard to relieve the manager of his duties.
Not so his opposite number David Moyes over in East London.
With his contract up in just a few weeks and already under the cosh from West Ham purists over his style of football, this looks like a gloomy goodbye.
Chairman David Sullivan is already talking to potential successors and with the away end at Stamford Bridge half empty still with 40 minutes left, the Scot, who won this club its first trophy for 43 years last summer, looks set to depart.
Despite earlier hitting the bar twice, sub James Ward-Prowse’s 57th minute free kick was their first effort on target.
They had a whole week to rest up and prepare for a match which was vital to their own fading hopes of a fourth successive European campaign.
Instead they turned in a performance that is just another nail in Moyes’ coffin as his second stint as manager nears a dispiriting end.
Even though his team had played
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