Gerard Butler sends message to Chelsea fans as Hollywood star watches the Blues thrash West Ham at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea continued their impressive home form with a 5-0 drubbing of London rivals West Ham and they were cheered on by a Hollywood A-lister at Stamford Bridge.

Movie star Gerard Butler was in attendance for the clash in London on Sunday as the Blues ran riot against the Hammers.

Butler, star of the Has Fallen trilogy, was seen dancing to One Step Beyond before the game got underway.

He also had some words of encouragement for the team ahead of the match.

Speaking to the Chelsea faithful, Butler said: "Hey Chelsea fans, Gerry Butler here. You might not be Chelsea fans, but if not, maybe you should be Chelsea fans!

'Here at Stamford Bridge for the West Ham game, I'm super excited and it's going to get a lot busier than this. You can feel it already - it is a joy to be here! Take care.'

Chelsea climbed to seventh after recording back-to-back league wins for the first time since January, and there is increasingly the feeling that, after a difficult start, the players are responding to their head coach’s methods.

For David Moyes’ Hammers, this was a calamitous display. Eliminated from Europe and now all but out of the race to qualify again next year, it was hard to avoid a sense of a promising season petering out as the Chelsea goals flew past Alphonse Areola and their players came to look more and more dejected.

Their punishment began after 15 minutes. Madueke crossed from the right towards Jackson, the ball deflected back out off Kurt Zouma and ran loose towards Palmer, who opened up his left foot and guided a finish into the corner.

The second goal arrived after half an hour. Palmer cut a clever pass down the middle to the feet of Madueke, who attempted to flick it up and over Zouma. The West Ham defender succeeded only in