Chelsea have finally won their first match of the 2015-16 season as the Blues have just seen off West Brom 3-2 at the Hawthorns in an eventful match.

Chelsea had two surprise starters in the match with Pedro making his debut and young Kurt Zouma for Gary Cahill.

Here is the two teams’ line ups-

West Brom Starting XI: Myhill, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Brunt, McManaman, Morrison, Fletcher (c), Yacob, McClean, Rondon.

West Brom Subs: Rose, Chester, Lescott, Gardner, Gnabry, Anichebe, Lambert.

Chelsea Starting XI: Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry (c), Azpilicueta; Matic, Fabregas; Pedro, Willian, Hazard; Diego Costa.

Chelsea Subs: Begovic, Cahill, Mikel, Loftus-Cheek, Traore, Remy, Falcao.

Pedro had a debut to rember scoring a goal after just 20 minutes.

But Chelsea made an early mistake by conceding a penalty which James Morrison failed to capitalise.

After Pedro’s goal, the Spaniard again set up his teammate Diego Costa for Chelsea’s second goal.

Morrison replied with a goal on the 35th minute but Azpilicueta again established a 2 goal lead for the Champions.

Things turned quickly as Chelsea captain John Terry was sent off on 54th minute by fouling Saloman Rondon.

West Brom scored another after they played with an extra man and it was James Morrison again.

But Chelsea managed to contain the lead for the rest of the game to bring the first victory of the season as Jose Mourinho beats Tony Pulis for the first time ever.

Snehanjan Banerjee

Snehanjan Banerjee closely follows English Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A along with other world football events.

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