Christian Pulisic earns Chelsea last-gasp win over West Ham

Christian Pulisic’s last-minute goal handed Chelsea a 1-0 Premier League win over 10-man West Ham after a woeful penalty miss from Jorginho looked set to cost his team all three points.

Second-half substitute Pulisic swept home Marcos Alonso’s low cross from the left at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to seal Chelsea’s first home win in four matches in all competitions.

The American attacker’s finish also handed Jorginho a major reprieve, with the Italy midfielder having missed a penalty with just four minutes left on the clock in an incident that also saw West Ham reduced to 10 men.

Craig Dawson was sent off for hauling back Romelu Lukaku in the box, gifting Chelsea the perfect chance to turn a dispiriting performance into a much-needed win.

Jorginho stepped up and delivered his trademark hop, skip and sidefooted penalty effort – only to see Lukasz Fabianski guess correctly and pull off an easy save.

“It works for us normally 100 per cent,"said Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel. “It was never necessary to change. It can happen. Hopefully, it is an unusual thing.”

After their heartbreaking Champions League exit to Real Madrid and a 4-2 defeat by Arsenal on Wednesday, Tuchel was delighted with the victory at Stamford Bridge.

“It feels like a giant step,” he added. “We have some games in hand. It was necessary and I am glad. The atmosphere is like this in the dressing room. We also deserved a bit of luck after the last results and how they were created here in our stadium.

“We controlled it but could not find spaces. It was also not the moment to take every risk after our recent results. We wanted to control their counter attacks. The red card maybe opened more space to allow the late answer.”

Tuchel also revealed that key defender