24/10/2001 West Ham 2 Chelsea 1 Chelsea's unbeaten record in the Premiership this season came to an end on Claudio Ranieri's 50th match in charge of the club, as goals from Michael Carrick and Frederic Kanoute gave West Ham their second win in the space of five days. Carrick swept home the fifth-minute opener from 20 yards and Kanoute produced an equally good finish to double the lead seven minutes later, before Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink pulled one back after 22 minutes. When West Ham crashed 7-1 at Blackburn 10 days ago, Roeder said he knew he had to get results in the next two games against Southampton and Chelsea if he was to hang on to his job. Fortunately for him, his players responded with a gutsy victory against the Saints here on Saturday and then battled their way to another three points against their tough rivals. Tomas Repka was outstanding at the heart of the West Ham defence, and he will be sorely missed when he starts a two-match suspension on Sunday. The result meant it was an unhappy visit to Upton Park for Frank Lampard, who returned to his former club for the first time since his £11million summer switch to Stamford Bridge. Lampard was given a hostile reception, but played well before being replaced by Mikael Forssell as Chelsea went in search of a late equaliser. West Ham's defence was exposed within the first minute as Emmanuel Petit wasted a golden chance to give the visitors the lead. Nigel Winterburn failed to cut out a deep cross from the Chelsea left and the ball ran to the back of the box to Zola. The little Italian sent in a teasing cross and Petit was unmarked as he sent a header over the bar from eight yards. Chelsea were made to pay for that miss as West Ham took the lead in the fifth minute. Paolo di Canio fed Trevor Sinclair on the right edge of the box, he laid the ball back, and Carrick sent a sweet side-footed shot in off the far post from 20 yards. The goal - Carrick's second of the season - was just what the home side needed to lift their fragile confidence, and they stunned Chelsea with a second super strike after 12 minutes. Sinclair was again the provider, this time feeding Kanoute with his back to goal on the right edge of the box. The big French striker turned two defenders and drilled the ball into the bottom far corner - his third goal in four days after his two headers which beat the Saints on Saturday. Chelsea came into this match as one of the two unbeaten teams in the Premiership this season along with Leeds, while West Ham were unbeaten at home. Chelsea pulled a goal back after 22 minutes. Gianfranco Zola fed Hasselbaink down the right and he held off Christian Dailly before firing a low drive into the bottom far corner from 20 yards for his ninth goal of the season. The home fans chanted "what a waste of money" at Lampard and booed every time he touched the ball, but he almost rammed those taunts back down their throats after 41 minutes. Zola crossed from the left and the England midfielder saw his far post volley hit goalkeeper Shaka Hislop's legs and bounce clear. The pattern of the second half was similar to that of the first. West Ham enjoyed a spell of possession and when they won a corner on the left after 67 minutes, Kanoute rose at the far post to nod di Canio's cross just wide. Play switched ends and Chelsea won a corner on the right. Hasselbaink appeared to have a free header when Zola's cross came into the six-yard box, but he somehow glanced it wide of the far post. Hislop made a great stop after 83 minutes to beat away Hasselbaink's fierce shot from 20 yards, then two minutes later the Dutch striker crashed another effort against the post. West Ham survived and deserved their victory which lifted them into 14th spot in the Premiership. Their relief was highlighted at the final whistle when Don Hutchison threw himself into the crowd and handed them his shirt. Di Canio, Repka and Sebastian Schemmel also handed their shirts to the fans as the club's anthem - "I'm forever blowing bubbles" - rang around the ground. This was clearly West Ham's night.