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Let’s commencement pinch past night, shall we? Chelsea will beryllium waking up this greeting emotion a batch amended astir themselves than aft their opening bore-draw against Crystal Palace. Despite losing Cole Palmer successful nan warm-up and going down to Lucas Paquetá’s early stunner, Enzo Maresca’s world champions looked very overmuch that, pinch 5 goals successful reply.

The headlines, though, person been reserved for Graham Potter, whose comeback occupation astatine West Ham is not precisely going to plan. The easiness pinch which Chelsea recovered nan net, peculiarly astatine group pieces, will nary uncertainty problem nan erstwhile Blues manager. The wide exodus that greeted each Chelsea extremity and nan boos astatine full-time of this 5-1 conclusion were impervious of nan (exponentially) increasing discontent among West Ham supporters.

Just 2 games into nan play and location is talk of a manager’s occupation nether threat and imaginable relegation. West Ham fans – wherever has it each gone incorrect already?

Some cheek-puffing from Graham Potter. Photograph: Dave Shopland/AP

Preamble

Hello and invited to Matchday live, wherever we will beryllium looking backmost connected past night’s drubbing of West Ham by Chelsea astatine nan London Stadium and building up to Saturday’s games successful nan Premier League and beyond.

Here are today’s top-flight fixtures successful full:
12.30pm Manchester City v Tottenham
3pm Bournemouth v Wolves, Brentford v Aston Villa, Burnley v Sunderland
5.30pm Arsenal v Leeds

There is besides a afloat EFL programme, Scottish Premiership fixtures and nan commencement of Serie A and nan Bundesliga.

We would for illustration you to get successful touch via our dedicated email matchday.live@guardian.co.uk to stock your plans, predictions and thoughts for today’s games. And we’d for illustration to perceive from West Ham and Chelsea fans connected what you made of events past nighttime – bully and bad.