Garden of Eden

Eden Hazard scored both goals as Chelsea beat West Ham to climb above Tottenham and Arsenal into third spot in the race for a Champions League place.

The hosts opened the scoring in the 24th minute when Hazard showed great skill to dance past three defenders at pace and send a low drive past Lukasz Fabianski.

Two minutes later Hazard teed up Gonzalo Higuain, only for the striker’s shot from a tight angle to ricochet off the post.

West Ham improved after the interval and it was not entirely comfortable for Chelsea, but they got their two-goal cushion in the last minute as Hazard took down Barkley's cross 10 yards out, before finding the bottom left corner past Fabianski on the half volley.

Chelsea, who can still qualify for next season's Champions League by winning the Europa League, are three points ahead of fifth-placed Arsenal - who have a game in hand - after a third successive league win.

The Hammers remain 11th after a third defeat in four league games.

Maurizio Sarri: "When Hazard is able to play like this in matches, we're very lucky as it's easy to win the match. He's able to make the difference. [£100m] is too cheap in this market. I have no idea but we have seen it's very hard to change Hazard with another player."

Manuel Pellegrini: "When a player with the quality of Eden Hazard, you know he can make different things. Going through four players is not easy. But we could have done better in the way we defended that goal and our play."