An excellent show by Chelsea as they thrashed West Ham 4-1. This win puts Chelsea back to 3 points behind Manchester United in the English Premier League and continues the build up to the end of the season. With game after game drifting by all points are crucial. While Chelsea chase Man Utd West Ham sit at the opposite end of the table at 19^th with only 5 games remaining.

It took the champions 31 minutes to claim their first goal but after that the flood gates opened. Shaun Wright Phillips opened the scoring with a beautiful goal to give Chelsea the lead. There was a reply in the 35^th minute with Carlos Tevez raising hopes but these were quickly dashed by Wright Phillips claiming a second before half time. In the second half the organisation and technical brilliance of Chelsea shone through with a 52^nd minute easy tap in from Kalou to make it 3-1. The scoreline wrapped up in the 62^nd minute with Didier Drogba, who went easily past the defence and crushed the home supporters. Live Sport Network man of the match is awarded to Shaun Wright Phillips.

This result means that Chelsea keep the pressure on leaders Man Utd in the build up to the showdown on May 9th. Chelsea have a big match against Newcastle on Sunday with 3 points required to stay in the race. A terrible match for Curbishley with the defeat against Sheff Utd at weekend this performance by West Ham was not good enough. West Ham must raise their game during the remaining matches if they are to stand any chance of survival.