The Dreaded 0-0 Final Shrouds Chelsea and West Ham

Sometimes, you've gotta do what you've gotta do.

And the Hammers have gotta put points next to their name in the Premiership table.

So, when Chelsea came to London Stadium, they found any hatch that could be battened down battened down.

In so doing, West Ham got the point it craved, albeit in a buzzkill 0-0 deadlock, with an emphasis on dead.

 

The Blues, of course, were out to keep their perfect record intact.

Dudes did what they could do to unstifle space, but it kept costing them counters. The Hammers' Michail Antonio, for example, had a chance to open the scoring in the 33rd minute, but Kepa Arrizabalaga denied him:

 

That, incidentally, was the only shot on target West Ham managed all afternoon.

For the record, Chelsea was 6-for-17 in that category.

It was almost enough to give Blues owner Roman Abramovich plenty of time to do some Israeli househunting online since the Swiss won't give him residency and the British won't renew his visa.

 

Could it be that the Chelski era is in jeopardy of coming to an end?

There's a reason the Blues fan in that video was annoyed. Until Abramovich showed up, his club could well have been called Newcastle South FC.

 

Then again, the club shouldn't worry. There's always another kajillionaire out that willing to toss megadosh at a Premiership club.

Anyway, after the break, David Luiz almost scored in a header after a corner from Eden Hazard, but the ball went over the woodwork.

But that was a horrid miss. It's much more fun to watch Łukasz Fabiański makeing a face-save against substitute Álvaro Morata in the 66th minute:

 

Dude's been practicing that sorta save ever since he was a little nubbin:

 

Gotta love the French pastry at the end.

It may pay off some day. You never know anymore when a card's gonna come out.

 

Let that be a reminder to the Blues.

Things coulda been worse.