Chelsea 1-0 West Ham player ratings: Christian Pulisic saves the day

Kai Havertz (Right forward): 5/10

The best way to sum up Kai Havertz’s performance is to point out that he had more defensive actions (four) than shots, dribbles completed and chances created combined (three). The German international has been one of the Blues’ better players this season, this was not one of those matches though. Havertz—along with the rest of the attack—was pretty poor.

Mason Mount (Right winger): 4/10

Mason Mount’s poor decision-making over the years is well documented. This means that he gets some leeway as he’s expected to make some relatively brain-dead decisions on the ball in every game. On Sunday though, it was through the roof. He took six shots and not a single one was on target because at no time was shooting the right option. Three of his shots were blocked and the other half were off target.

Mount had several chances to make very simple actions that would have impacted play much more. Instead, he opted to either hold on to the ball for several seconds too long or take a shot that made even less sense. Yes, in a match where nothing seems to be happening, the temptation to take shots from anywhere is strong. However, these players have been playing at the top level for far too long to not be able to make glaring passes that would get the ball into more dangerous areas. Mount had the task of leading the attack, he did the opposite against David Moyes’ side, whatever the opposite of leading the attack is.

Timo Werner (Left forward): 5/10

It’s easy to see why Timo Werner was not effective against West Ham. Chelsea’s ball movement was so slow that the Blues never had any hope of dragging any opponent out of position. Add to this the fact that the Hammers left no space for any forward to exploit. That being said, Werner had opportunities to impact the game and didn’t. He also dribbled into traffic several times.