West Ham vs Chelsea 0-0: 5 Talking Points, Premier League 2018/19

#3 West Ham struggle to finish off their chances

Yarmolenko will contend for the miss of the season

Against the run of play, West Ham did enjoy a handful of opportunities in front of goal. From a dominant start by Chelsea, the final 10 minutes or so of the first-half turned into a more even-keeled, middling affair. In that period, Michail Antonio saw two chances going his way. While one was difficult, the other could easily have been dispatched.

In the process of a counter-attack, an attempted take-on from Yarmolenko fell to him and he shot it right at Arrizabalaga. Had he taken that across the face of goal, the Hammers would have been a goal up.

In the 78th minute, what followed was an absolute blunder. Substitute Robert Snodgrass floated a peach of a cross into the box and the Ukrainian escaped his marker. However, Yarmolenko fluffed his lines and directed his header wide. Awful, awful miss!