West Ham fans turn on Julen Lopetegui as substitution BOOED during Chelsea humbling

Julen Lopetegui replaced David Moyes arsenic West Ham manager successful the summertime and 3 consecutive defeats astatine the London Stadium has seen the supporters dependable their displeasure

Julen Lopetegui is nether immense unit already astatine West Ham aft the location assemblage turned connected him during a miserable decision by Chelsea.

Nicolas Jackson scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional arsenic Chelsea cruised to a 3-0 win successful a one-sided contention astatine the London Stadium successful Saturday’s aboriginal kick-off. Jackson enactment the shot done Alphonse Areola’s legs aft West Ham switched disconnected from a quickly-taken free-kick earlier moving done to treble the distant side’s lead.

Cole Palmer added a 3rd conscionable aft the interruption with a classy near-post decorativeness disconnected the wrong of the station and Chelsea seldom looked troubled. West Ham person kicked disconnected the play with 3 consecutive defeats astatine location for the archetypal clip successful the club’s past and Lopetegui is already nether the pump.

His determination to regenerate Edson Alvarez and Crysencio Summerville for Carlos Soler and Michail Antonio successful the 54th infinitesimal was met with large boos from the crowd. Summerville had been 1 of fewer agleam sparks for the Hammers and could person earned his broadside a punishment erstwhile Wesley Fofana pulled him backmost successful the box.

VAR decided to uphold the on-field referee’s determination and Chelsea got distant with a marginal call. But Summerville received a lasting ovation from overmuch of the London Stadium and determination were much boos astatine the full-time whistle.

Former West Ham goalkeeper Rob Green summed up the concern connected BBC Radio 5 Live: “Lopetegui volition beryllium nether pressure. It's a show that screams unit each implicit it, the mode of the defeat, against London rivals. The camera has conscionable shown Karren Brady and David Sullivan – I've seen those faces before.”

The West Ham proprietor and vice-chairwoman whitethorn beryllium regretting their determination to sack David Moyes and bring successful erstwhile Wolves brag Lopetegui implicit the summer. The Spaniard has backed with a nett walk of £85.2million successful the transportation window, with Summerville, Max Kilman, Niclas Fullkrug, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luis Guilherme and Guido Rodriguez brought in.

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They are yet to spot a instrumentality connected that concern with West Ham having taken conscionable 4 points from their opening 5 games. Chelsea person followed Aston Villa and Manchester City successful taking distant 3 points from eastbound London, portion the Hammers bushed Crystal Palace 2-0 and drew 1-1 with Fulham.

Asked astir the mediocre location signifier earlier the sojourn of Chelsea, Lopetegui said: “In each lucifer successful the Premier League determination are difficulties. All of the teams person quality, and are capable to bushed anyone.

“It's existent we've had pugnacious matches truthful far, but that's successful the past. It doesn't substance if we're location oregon away, we conscionable person to compete. We're 100 per cent focused connected this crippled – we cognize it volition beryllium hard but we're assured successful our strengths.”

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