Troy Deeney has ripped into West Ham United for their shocking performance against Chelsea on Saturday afternoon by stating that Julen Lopetegui 's side were 'awful' - before digging out an old quote of his in which he had predicted the Irons to be poor under the Spaniard after they sacked David Moyes in the summer.

Julen Lopetegui says he understands West Ham United fans’ boos after his side’s 3-0 home defeat by Chelsea. Two goals from Nicolas Jackson in the first 20 minutes and a third from Cole Palmer shortly after half-time inflicted West Ham’s third defeat of the season.

West Ham boss Julen Lopetegui has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day following the defeat: "It's a bad day, for sure. We lost one match that we had big expectations to compete much better [in]. "They have been soft goals that we have suffered [from].