Graham Potter insists Chelsea received fortunate for BOTH their objectives as Blues come from behind to wreck West Ham boss’ return to Stamford Bridge

Graham Potter cursed his rotten luck on his Stamford Bridge return as he felt Chelsea relied on two lucky objectives to return from behind to beat his West Ham facet.

Potter believed Pedro Neto’s equaliser got here after a foul on Jarrod Bowen by Levi Colwill within the build-up, whereas VAR additionally studied intently whether or not Marc Guiu had touched the ball which might have seen it disallowed for offside. 

The PGMOL’s match centre final night time stated there was not sufficient proof to show Guiu made contact.

Chelsea’s winner then arrived when Cole Palmer’s cross was deflected in by Aaron Wan-Bissaka for an personal objective as Enzo Maresca’s facet moved again into the Premier League’s prime 4, leaping above Manchester Metropolis and Newcastle.

Potter, who was sacked by Chelsea after lower than seven months in cost in 2023, stated afterwards: ‘We felt unfortunate with the primary objective. We felt it was a foul on Jarrod. I haven’t seen it again (the Guiu offside name). It took that lengthy, it will need to have been tight.

‘The second is a deflection. We have now to give attention to what we did effectively and the spirit and efficiency. Our supporters appreciated the efficiency of the workforce. You want a little bit of luck. We felt unlucky with the lead-up to the primary objective. It wasn’t to be.’

Maresca modified his goalkeeper for this victory, dropping Robert Sanchez after too many high-profile errors and bringing in 22-year-old Filip Jorgensen. The Chelsea boss stated: ‘On this second, Robert wants relaxation and Filip was superb.’

Jorgensen was not at fault for Bowen’s opener because it was a poor back-pass from Levi Colwill which left West Ham’s striker via on objective.

‘I am not involved,’ Maresca added on the most recent error dedicated by his workforce. ‘It is the way in which we play. Typically defensive errors occur, keeper mistake, No 9 misses the objective, that is soccer. It occurs.’