MARKO ARNAUTOVIC stunned Chelsea with his early striker at the London Stadium.
The West Ham midfielder, who has struggled since his £24million move from Stoke, gave David Moyes the perfect start as he looked for his first win as since taking over from Slaven Bilic.
Arnautovic struck in the fifth minute with a neat finish after build-up play from Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini.
Moyes had restored Arnautovic to the starting line-up and also kept faith in Adrian in goal.
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And his team selections paid off when Adrian pulled off two saves in a minute to keep Chelsea at bay.
His first was a sharp dive to palm away N’Golo Kante’s curler, then he kept out Davide Zappacosta’s near-post effort.
Chelsea were struggling to make chances and Eden Hazard could not get on the ball to grab hold of the game.
Antonio Conte made changes at the break, with Pedro coming on to give his side a different attacking edge.
But West Ham could have been given a penalty when Arnautovic raced through again and Andreas Christensen used his hand to stop the ball – but Anthony Taylor waved play on.
Zappacosta curled one wide in the second half, before Alvaro Morata lashed an effort wide of the near post in the 83rd minute, much to the dismay of his boss.
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