Everton Frank Lampard were fruitful opponents for the player, but Goodison Park gave him nothing as a manager.
His Chelsea team missed out on the chance to take first place Premier League They suffered their first defeat since the second weekend of Kilby Sigurdsson’s penalty season.
Sigurdsson’s cool first-half spot-kick, delivered by goalkeeper oudouard Mendy Dominic Calvert-Levine flat, denounced Chelsea For the third consecutive loss at Goodison Park. Lampard, who scored 10 goals against Everton in his playing days, found his team in possession, but Carlo Ancelotti’s forced defensive system was firm and threatened with a counter-attack.
Liverpool’s victory at Stamford Bridge in September was the longest unbeaten run in the Premier League, with the result missing.
The Z-Cars theme was greeted with a loud roar from the 2,000 Evertonians inside Goodison Park, who raised such a loud noise for such a forbidden crowd, but a calf injury denied them the chance to see James Rodriguez in the flesh for the first time.
The absence of Rodriguez caused another tactical shift on Ancelotti. After the season started with a potential 4-3-3, first-choice full back injuries prompted Sam Coleman and Lucas Dickney to turn 3-4-2-1. Now it was 4-4-1-1, with full central defenders on the left side including the right foot Ben Godfrey. Strangely enough, the young left-hander Niels Noun, who was inspired by his early appearances, never left the match day team again.
Chelsea’s creative preferences were also affected by injuries to Hakeem Sieg and Christian Pulisic, although Guy Howard and Timo Werner lined up on either side of Oliver Grout were not perfect at attacking the spectators’ talents. Lampart’s side started to shine, with Howard and Reese James joining the scope on the right.
The spectators controlled possession with the confidence to fit into a team that was unbeaten in 17 games, but Everton looked dangerous whenever Chelsea were able to put pressure on the defense. Alex Iwobi was particularly sharp on the right. Richardson, after an elegant exchange with Sigurdsson, freed himself into the penalty area, but overcame the first chance of the game at Edward Mendy.
Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy needed treatment when he fell over James, who fell heavily after Sigurdsson demanded a free-kick. Three minutes later, realizing the consequences, he conceded a penalty with a late challenge to Dominic Calvert-Levine, although nothing should be taken from Everton’s center-forward role in the incident.
Calvert-Levine initially beat Diego Silva in the air when Jordan challenged Bigford for permission. The striker got the second ball faster than the senior defender and was physically examined by Mendy within that area. The referee Jonathan Moss and Sigurdsson did not need the VAR to confirm the immediate penalty, Mendy looked all the way and sent the keeper the wrong way.
Chelsea responded almost immediately. James tested Bigford with a curling free-kick, which resulted in James moving closer when he fell in his path 25 yards from the corner goal. The right-hand side of the Abdule d’Core is slightly off and through the cannon facing Pickford’s target, only to be properly connected for the purpose of attacking the interior of a nearby post.
Kurt Zuma should have done better when Kirut’s header landed on his feet inside Everton, but fired straight into the England goalkeeper, while Werner fired from a low cross from the French perspective.
Richardson went on to extend Everton’s advantage on both sides of the break when he was released at the break by the increasingly influential Sigurdsson. An excellent first time ball from No. 10 was played by the Brazilian in the 40th minute, but Mendy equalized for his low run.
At the start of the second half, Richardson ran from another weighted pass to the Everton captain for the night and disguised his shot through Zuma’s legs. Mendy made an amazing save along the entire length to deny forward.
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Moss awarded Everton a second penalty when Calvert-Levine was blocked by Ben Silville. However, this decision was overturned by the VAR because Calvert-Levine was offside when he caught Iwobi’s pass during the construction, although its verdict came after Richardson put forward a stern demand that Sigurdsson be replaced.
Chelsea hit the woodwork for the second time when Mason Mount Pickford was knocked down by an angled free-kick.
