The Blues were restricted in the opening 45 minutes by their stubborn opponents, before Marcos Alonso and Alvaro Morata found a way through in the second half.
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The hosts needed a Marcos Alonso free kick in the dying stages of the first half to beat their out-of-form visitors and make it five consecutive Premier League home wins, closing the gap on leaders Manchester City to 11 points in the process.
West Brom thought that they had taken the lead in the fifth minute when Rondon headed home from close range, but the centre-forward was flagged offside as the home celebrations were cut short
Mauricio Pochettino’s side were the better of the two teams
Chelsea started brightly in the second game of their tour of Asia but they fell behind after just six minutes
The Nigerian was on for 90 minutes before leaving the pitch for Kurt Zouma as Chelsea extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points
The Nigeria international had previously struggled to make much of an impact at Stamford Bridge but seems to have been given a new lease of life under Conte this season
Much of the build-up around the game surrounded the absence of Diego Costa, who was reportedly omitted from the squad because of a bust-up between himself and members of the Blues backroom staff over a purported big-money move to the Chinese Super League
Alonso agreed a five-year contract with the Premier League club as Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, turned to the Spaniard after missing out on several other defensive targets