In a game of twisting and turning fortunes in which our new arrival from Barcelona was one of the stars, Thibaut Courtois saved a penalty when the game was still scoreless.
Jose Mourinho’s men then found the net twice in 10 minutes, both good goals, but the lead was pegged back to 2-1, only to then be stretched to 3-1 with a rare goal from our left-back shortly before half-time.
The three strikes from Spain internationals had set the Blues well on course for victory but the balance tilted again when John Terry was sent off early in the second half for denying a goalscoring opportunity. James Morrison netted his second of the game for West Brom not long after to turn the pressure up but Chelsea held firm, and not without creating further chances of our own.