Chelsea has piled on the early season misery for West Ham and its under-fire manager Graham Potter by handing out a 5-1 thrashing in the Premier League without injured star Cole Palmer.

Chelsea suffered a blow in the build-up to their Premier League match with West Ham on Friday night with Cole Palmer being pulled from the team just minutes before kick-off

Suspicions were raised at the London Stadium when the television cameras spotted Palmer leaving the warm-up early, with a member of the Chelsea backroom staff following just behind. Palmer had taken part in the full warm-up, but was visibly unhappy when he was trudging off the pitch.