Chelsea continued their impressive home form with a 5-0 drubbing of London rivals West Ham and they were cheered on by a Hollywood A-lister at Stamford Bridge.

Movie star Gerard Butler was in attendance for the clash in London on Sunday as the Blues ran riot against the Hammers.

Butler, star of the Has Fallen trilogy, was seen dancing to One Step Beyond before the game got underway.

He also had some words of encouragement for the team ahead of the match.

Speaking to the Chelsea faithful, Butler said: “Hey Chelsea fans, Gerry Butler here. You might not be Chelsea fans, but if not, maybe you should be Chelsea fans!

‘Here at Stamford Bridge for the West Ham game, I’m super excited and it’s going to get a lot busier than this. You can feel it already – it is a joy to be here! Take care.’

Gerard Butler was in attendance as Chelsea beat West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Sunday

Chelsea climbed to seventh after recording back-to-back league wins for the first time since January, and there is increasingly the feeling that, after a difficult start, the players are responding to their head coach’s methods.

For David Moyes’ Hammers, this was a calamitous display. Eliminated from Europe and now all but out of the race to qualify again next year, it was hard to avoid a sense of a promising season petering out as the Chelsea goals flew past Alphonse Areola and their players came to look more and more dejected.

Their punishment began after 15 minutes. Madueke crossed from the right towards Jackson, the ball deflected back out off Kurt Zouma and ran loose towards Palmer, who opened up his left foot and guided a finish into the corner.

The second goal arrived after half an hour. Palmer cut a clever pass down the middle to the feet of Madueke, who attempted to flick it up and over Zouma. The West Ham defender succeeded only in looping the ball upwards to where Gallagher was waiting, and the captain crashed the ball into the corner with a coolly taken volley.

Chelsea by now were dominant. Madueke almost made it three when he danced in off the right beyond three defenders and hit a shot that deflected wide.

He would not have long to wait for his goal, though, as from the resulting corner Thiago Silva leapt to send a firm header back across the box, and Madueke reacted quickly to steer his header into the corner.

Butler had a message of support for the Blues ahead of their clash with their London rivals

Mykhailo Mudryk hit the bar from barely a yard out as West Ham threatened to implode before the break. Unable to get out of their own half, they stood off Chelsea and watched as time and again the ball was passed through them.

Jarrod Bowen struck the crossbar after Djordje Petrovic flapped at Vladimir Coufal’s cross, the visitors finally rallying and asking questions of Chelsea. Nevertheless, boos could be heard from the away section as the whistle sounded for half-time.

West Ham’s respite lasted barely longer than the interval, and within two minutes of the restart they conceded again. Trevoh Chalobah lumped a ball up from the back and the visitors’ defence seemed to dissolve. Into the space glided Madueke, unselfishly squaring it for Jackson to make it four.

The visitors showed a flicker of willing to improve their situation. Emerson blazed over from a difficult angle after going clean through, before James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick drew an excellent save from Petrovic.

A lengthy VAR check for offside then confirmed a second for Jackson and a fifth for Chelsea, the finish tucked inside Areola’s near post to round off West Ham’s humiliation.