The West Ham breaking on to the field just after Eden Hazard had given Chelsea the lead. (Getty)
A West Ham fan got access to the field of play to confront Chelsea players while they celebrated. Potential player of the year Eden Hazard scored with a beautiful counter-attacking goal for the champions-elect around the half-hour mark.
Hazard and his teammates then went to celebrate by the sidelines. That’s when a West Ham took offense and got on the field to illustrate his anger:
West Ham fan gets 2ft away fae Chelsea players aft Hazard asks them for square go
This West Ham fan weren’t to happy with Hazard scoring 😂💥 t.co/GyxgYgseTh
The Associated Press’s Rob Harris has written extensively about the problems at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium this season. He’s at tonight’s game:
Further safety issues at Olympic Stadium as fan goes onto the pitch to confront Hazard after scoring – a bit of a distance for fan to cover
The @LondonStadium stewards did manage to block the fan before he came into contact with Eden Hazard
It should actually be harder for a fan to get closer to player at West Ham’s stadium because there’s such a vast gap from stands to pitch
As many of you will know, this isn’t the first time Chelsea players have been attacked during a heated London-derby:
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