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It was a well-deserved win for Antonio's Conte men tonight. It was very important for the Blues to bounce back from back-to-back losses and with Barcelona's tie coming up in the Champions League round of 16, the importance of this week cannot be stressed enough.
West Brom did have their chances in the game and they would be kicking themselves for not making the most of it. After an excellent linkup with Olivier Giroud, Eden Hazard gave Chelsea the lead in the 25th minute.
Victor Moses doubled the lead just a little over the hour-mark. Hazard scored another beautiful goal in the 71st minute and gave his team a well deserved three points!
Here are the player ratings from the game.
Chelsea
Thibaut Courtois - 6/10
A decent performance by the Belgian tonight. He did really well to deny a clear goal scoring opportunity from Rondon and did well throughout the game.
Cesar Azpilicueta - 7/10
A solid performance by the player who was making his 250th appearance for the Blues tonight. He made a vital interception to stop the visitors from scoring an equaliser.
Andreas Christensen - 7/10
Coming back from an injury, the youngster looked calm and composed throughout the game. He was taken off in the 70th minute as a precautionary measure.
Antonio Rudiger - 7/10
The German had a great game tonight. He defended well and looked composed in the game.
Victor Moses - 6/10
It was not the best first half for Moses. He was lucky to get away with an awful defensive mistake. However, he scored a great goal in the second half.
N'Golo Kante - 7/10
As always, Kante bossed the midfield. He did well to cope with West Brom's midfielders and prevented their attempts of stringing a few passes together.
Cesc Fabregas - 6/10
A mixed game for the Spaniard. He left the Chelsea defence open but did provide the attacking threat that was expected from him.
Davide Zappacosta - 6/10
With Alonso out of the game due to an ankle injury that he picked up in training, Zappacosta started the game. Besides from running up and down the left-flank, he didn't provide much to the team.
Pedro - 6/10
He had the desire and the pace to change the game but wasn't really able to do so. He was subbed for Willian in the 80th minute.
Olivier Giroud - 7/10
A mixed home debut for the Frenchman. He linked up well with Hazard to assist him who opened the scoring the for the Blues. However, he had some poor touches in the game hence missing a couple of chances in the game.
Eden Hazard - 9/10
A solid game for the Belgian. He threatened now and then in the game and a superb linkup with Giroud set up Hazard's first goal. He also scored another beautiful goal in the second half.
Substitutes
Gary Cahill - 5/10
Coming on in the last 20 minutes, Cahill didn't have much to do in the game as the visitors hardly threatened Chelsea's defence.
Willian - 5/10
Coming on for the final 10 minutes, Willian tried to contribute to the game with a few deft touches but wasn't able to deliver a successful end product.
Alvaro Morata - 6/10
Making his first appearance in almost a month, the Spaniard had some good linkups and a couple of good shots on target.
West Bromwich Albion
Ben Foster - 6/10
Foster really couldn't do much for the goals that were scored. However, he did make a couple of good saves from Giroud and Morata in the game.
Kieran Gibbs - 6/10
He didn't start off well as he fell short of pace in a couple of challenges.
Jonny Evans - 6/10
It wasn't the best of nights for Evans. He was outclassed as Hazard went past him to score his 2nd goal of the night.
Ahmed Hegazi - 6/10
Hegazi did well while dealing with Giroud in the air but apart from that, nothing much.
Craig Dawson - 6/10
He did well throughout the game except when Moses scored a really good goal.
Chris Brunt - 5/10
Substituted in the half-time, Brunt was poor while on the pitch. He was also slow to release the ball.
Gareth Barry - 5/10
Barry just couldn't keep up with Hazard's pace as the Belgian went past him and scored the opening goal. He was largely poor for the rest of the game too.
Grzegorz Krychowiak - 6/10
Krychowiak tried hard in the game but it just wasn't enough. He often lost possession easily in the game.
Matt Phillips - 5/10
Phillips went head-on with Zappacosta early on in the game but the latter got the better of him as the game progressed.
Daniel Sturridge - N/A
The former Chelsea player was subbed off within the first four minutes of the game.
Salomon Rondon - 5/10
Rondon missed a couple of chances in the game. Apart from being a muscular presence, he wasn't prolific enough.
Substitutes
Claudio Yacob - 5/10
Coming on in the final 10 minutes, Yacob didn't have much to contribute to as the game was already by then.
Jay Rodriguez - 5/10
Rodriguez missed a very good chance for West Brom early on in the game that turned out to be very costly for his team. Coming on for an injured Daniel Sturridge in the fourth minute, his attacking finesse was missing throughout the game.
Oliver Burke - 6/10
Coming on in the second half, Burke didn't do much as Chelsea dominated the game.
