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26th Sep 2020

Chelsea capitulate against West Brom, falling 3-0 down in half an hour

West Brom punished every Chelsea mistake in the first half, taking a three goal lead against Frank Lampard's team inside half an hour

Reuben Pinder

One regular day of Barclays…

Chelsea were punished for every mistake in the first half against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday afternoon. The first goal was unfortunate, with no individual at major fault, but questions will be asked of Willy Caballero who let Callum Robinson’s shot come across him and nestle in the far corner.

Then it went from bad to worse for Chelsea, as debutant and captain on the day Thiago Silva went full Steven Gerrard, let the ball run under his foot and was punished by Robinson, who slotted the ball past Caballero with an emphatic finish.

The third was surreal to watch. How was Kyle Bartley so free at the far post? How had all this happened in half an hour?

Chelsea had 11 shots but just two on target, while the Baggies had just the five shots, three of which were on target, all of them going in.

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