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The miserable denouement to David Moyes’s time at West Ham stands in stark contrast to ­Mauricio ­Pochettino’s increasing joyfulness on the other side of the capital. European football is on the cards after Chelsea cruised through their second ­London derby in the space of three days and, for all the doubts hanging over Pochettino’s future, it would surely go down as an act of extraordinary self-sabotage if the Argentinian’s bosses make a change this summer.

The main takeaway from this 5-0 win over a supine West Ham is that something is beginning to stir at Stamford Bridge. Instead of ­crumbling after last month’s 5-0 defeat to Arsenal, Chelsea have responded by dominating Aston Villa, Tottenham and West Ham. Far from shrinking, these young ­players are starting to grow and mature. Above all, they are starting to ­resemble a proper team and, after a season so full of turbulence, the wisest thing that Chelsea’s owners can do now is accept that Pochettino is the man to bring coherence to their £1bn project.

West Ham have completely forgotten how to defend. It is damning for a manager as pragmatic as Moyes that his side, with 70 goals conceded this season, have the worst record outside the bottom three.

Afterwards Moyes would talk about a lack of “mental toughness” and ­suggest that the ­leakiness is down to selling Declan Rice last ­summer, but the harsh reality is the Scot’s methods are no longer working. West Ham have become an easy team to play. Tomas Soucek and Edson ­Álvarez, who went off at half-time, have not provided enough protection in midfield. Kurt Zouma and Angelo Ogbonna toiled in ­central defence. Emerson Palmieri, the ­former ­Chelsea left-back, was given a torrid time by Noni Madueke.

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Source – Nicolas Jackson’s double seals emphatic win for Chelsea against West Ham | Premier League | The Guardian