Stick your blue flag… Yarmy army seals epic win!

West Ham 3 (three) Chelsea 2

We all fear the worst going into this one. There's no Noble, but Ogbonna is back and the Hammers initially play a containing game against a confident top four side. But when Antonio manages to bulldoze his way past two Chelsea defenders only to screw a great chance wide it looks like that could be the key moment. Surely WHU won't get too many other chances. 

But for all Chelsea's passing and a Pulisic shot wafted just over the bar the Blues look troubled at corners by the triple battering ram of Soucek, Diop and Ogbonna. When Soucek forces a corner over the line it looks like the Hammers have taken the lead. But after a ridiculous three and a half minutes of VAR checking, Jonathan Moss rules that Antonio's head was offside and interfering with Kepa's line of vision even though the striker was prone on the ground.

Just to make it worse Chelsea get a penalty on 42 minutes after Diop makes a rash challenge and Pulisic goes down. Willian calmly fires it home. But the Hammers show the character that has been missing for most of the season. In the second minute of added time the Irons force another corner. Bowen crosses and Soucek rises above Azpilicueta at the far post to head down and in. He hesitates before celebrating but even VAR can't disallow it. When did we last score just before half-time?

ANTONIO! ANTONIO! ANTONIO!
After the interval West Ham look angry and go at Chelsea. Rice plays the ball in to Antonio, there's a scrabble for possession and Fornals feeds Bowen on the right. Jarrod gets in a fine low cross that Antonio sweeps home. Blimey. Lanzini has a chance to make it 3-1 when he curls an effort over the bar.

From then on its relentless Chelsea pressure as Pulisic starts to run the game and there are a couple of huge goalmouth scrambles. Pulisic is fouled on the edge of the box and predictably Willian's free kick goes in off the post. Fabianski's positioning gets a lot of criticism on Sky, though as Willian can put them both over the wall and round it, this seems a little unfair.

There are 18 minutes left and it is surely inevitable that West Ham will lose, just as they did at Liverpool. When West Ham bring on Wilshere and Yarmolenko you can feel the kinetic energy of myriad West Ham chat rooms going into meltdown over Moyes' idiotic substitutions. But West Ham are defending resolutely and still willing to counter-attack. While Yarmolenko looks like he might finally be fully fit

YARMY ARMY
Can we hold on for a point? In the 89th minute Rice clears, Antonio holds it up on his chest and plays a one-two with Fornals. Michail releases Yarmolenko on the right, who has got behind Alonso. The big Ukrainian cuts inside Rudiger on to his left foot and fires a sumptuous shot into the corner. Yeeeeeeess! Yarmy! Yarmy ! Yarmy! Stick you blue flag up your... How did that happen? We never score in the last minute.

Surely West Ham won't hold on for four added minutes. But we do and Moyes is hugging his players as they celebrate before an empty stadium. Can you hear me Big Fat Frank! John Terry! Joe Cole! Jose Mourinho! Ruud Gullit! Clive Walker! Chopper Harris! Video Assistant Referee! We gave your boys one hell of a beating!

What an absolutely vital win in a week when all the other bottom teams lost. Football, bloody hell.

PLAYER RATINGS: Fabianski 6; Fredericks 6, Diop 6, Ogbonna 7; Cresswell 6; Lanzini 6 (Wilshere 6), Soucek 8, Rice 8, Fornals 7 (Balbuena n/a); Bowen 8 (Yarmolenko 8), Antonio 9.