article_snippet: He scored the goal, never stopped wanting or carrying the ball, and left the field hobbling, as always, due to a standard battering.
article_snippet: If — Chelsea maintain Courtois and Branislav Ivanovic supremacy, this is one of those games that will be remembered the day the title is won, one of those they-shall-not-pass performances,
article_snippet: It is hard to remember a striker getting in so many excellent positions for such paltry return.
article_snippet: a striker knows where to be, a striker just lacks the clinical touch when a striker gets there and, thwarted by a striker own failings and the excellence of Courtois, West Ham drew a blank.
article_snippet: Thibaut Courtois parries the ball with Thibaut Courtois foot as Nolan closes in during a heart-in-mouth moment for — Chelsea's rearguard .
article_snippet: Thibaut Courtois was once again called in to action as West Ham appeal in vain for a handball against Gary Cahill (floored)
article_snippet: Thibaut Courtois regards it as the sign of a controlled, confident, emphatic performance in a close game.
article_snippet: — Chelsea is no disgrace; when the man on the end of the ball is Hazard, however, a manager has a right to be aggrieved.