Chelsea suffered defeat in the hands of the 19th place Baggies after they scored first, this defeat came as a shock to the team and their fans.
The Blues defender Thiago Silva was sent off early in the first half of the game after picking up a second yellow card.
The Baggies used Chelsea’s red card as an advantage and ran riot on Chelsea putting 5 goals past them.
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Here are the talking points of the game.
Thomas Tuchel unbeaten run has ended.
Since the arrival of Thomas Tuchel at Chelsea before today the Blues have not tasted any defeat in all competition, but the Baggies ended the unbeaten record with a dramatic 5-2 at Stamford bridge.
West Brom is the first team to score Chelsea under Tuchel at Stamford Bridge.
West Brom is the first team to score against Tuchel’s Chelsea at Stamford bridge this season with the likes of Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Everton, Wolves and Burnley could not get one past the Blues.
Mendy was Humiliated.
The Chelsea goal keeper they call the clean sheet expert would not have expected to concede as much as this but before the end of 90 minutes the ball was put past him five times. What a day for Mendy.
Shaky top four for the Blues.
Chelsea would have increased their lead with three point if they manage to win the game against West Brom but the top for race is now open for West Ham who is yet to play their game.
