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Beto
I don’t think I’m a hero but I feel like I’m home – playing for Everton is unbelievable. You just want to give your all and help the team.
Today was a must-win game for us. We did a great, great performance, a clean sheet, and we are happy.
James Garner
That was the best I’ve seen [Hill Dickinson Stadium], and to top it off with a win – amazing.
[On the first goal] That’s the type of pass [Beto] goes on about every single day, and I should do more.
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Full time: Everton 3-0 Chelsea
Everton have won back-to-back league games at their new stadium for the first time. They hammered an uptight Chelsea side, with Beto scoring twice and making the third for Iliman Ndiaye, and have surely not played better since their move to Hill Dickinson Stadium.
The result moves Everton to within three points of Liverpool in fifth. Champions League qualification would be a helluva way to end a run of nine years without European football.
90+3 min Iroegbunam gallops down the left and drives a cross shot that is pushed away by the diving Sanchez. It was probably going wide but Sanchez couldn’t take any chances.
90+2 min Chelsea’s next two Premier League games are at home to Manchester City and Manchester United. Maybe that’s what they need to turn their form around.
90+1 min Five added minutes.
90 min “If Beto’s talent was as big as his heart, he’d be playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona, but every Evertonian understands that,” says Gary Naylor. “He’s been fantastic tonight and I hope he enjoys the love of the stadium, because he deserves it and not just for this match.”
89 min Chelsea appeal unsuccessfully for a penalty when Tarkowski manhandles Fofana at a set-piece. Could’ve been given.
Everton bring on Merlin Rohl and Tim Iroegbunam for the excellent Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.
87 min Gueye nutmegs Fofana, who trips him and is booked.
85 min Sanchez blocks Dewsbury-Hall’s shot from the angle after another rapier Everton break.
84 min Garnacho turns well in the area but his low cross is lumped cross in the six-yard box.
Enzo Fernandez and Cucurella then have a minor slanging match with Ndiaye.
84 min “Rosenior,” begins Joshua Keeling. “Out of his depth?”
In a sane world it would be far too early to say. It’s not even his team FHS. But we all know how this thing of ours works.
82 min: Everton substitution Thierno Barry replaces Beto, who scored two and made the third.
81 min “In my youth,” writes Kári Tulinius, “Arsenal were a team that ground out one-nil wins and Chelsea were a team of undoubted talent and strange owners that never quite cohered into a serious team. Nice to see that the early 1990s is back in fashion.”
Let’s not get carried away.
79 min: Chelsea substitutions Liam Delap and Tosin Adarabioyo replace Joao Pedro and Moises Caicedo, who is a yellow card away from suspension.
78 min: Everton substitution Jarrad Branthwaite for Dwight McNeil.
Iliman Ndiaye has sealed a rousing victory for Everton with a cracking goal. They have been so good tonight. Pickford’s goalkick was won majestically in the air by Beto, who angled his header deliberately into the path of Ndiaye. He veered inside Caicedo, 15 yards from goal, and slapped an unsaveable shot into the top corner. Brilliant finish.
GOAL! Everton 3-0 Chelsea (Ndiaye 76)
Pick it out.
75 min Another booming corner from Estevao beats everyone, including Pickford, and flashes just wide of the far post.
75 min A delightful run from Estevao leads to another corner for Chelsea.
73 min Now Pickford has to charge out of his area to beat Joao Pedro to a shortish backpass. For all their frustration, Chelsea aren’t out of this game.
71 min: Estevao hits the bar!
A big inswinging corner from Estevao is pawed away from under the bar by the backpedalling Pickford. Was Estevao trying to score? No idea. You’re welcome.
Everton break sharply and Ndiaye’s shot from 20 yards is comfortably saved by Sanchez.
Edit: I thought Pickford had saved it but replays show it hit the crossbar.
71 min “Hill Dickinson Stadium it may be,” says Ian Copestake, “but to me it’s always the Bramley-Moore docks where my dad worked for decades instead of becoming a journalist. He may not have minded though as he was also a Blue!”
The docks, eh? That explains the mouth on you!
70 min: Chelsea substitution Estevao replaces the subdued Pedro Neto.
69 min Joao Pedro plays an angled through pass towards Garnacho in the area. He loses O’Brien with the aid of a ricochet but Garner gets back to cover. He has an outstanding game.
Moments later, Pickford is out very quickly to block Fernandez’s attempted flick. Fine goalkeeping.
Garnacho, who thought he was elbowed during the move that led to the Fernandez shot, is booked for dissent.
68 min Chelsea look low on confidence at both ends, which is natural after their recent struggles. Estevao is preparing to come on.
64 min “Does the Premier League impose a regulation size on goalkeepers’ gloves,” wonders Gary Byrne, “because Pickford’s remind me of my oul’ Gran’s oven mitts.”
Anything that doesn’t fit the Giant Handed Man is fine.
Idrissa Gueye did superbly to read and then intercept a Chelsea pass in his own half, surge 50 yards and slip a little pass down the side to Beto. He swept a shot on the turn, with all the strength he could muster, and it slithered through the legs of Sanchez. A goalkeeping mistake, but Everton won’t care.
GOAL! Everton 2-0 Chelsea (Beto 62)
Beto strikes again and Everton could be heading for back-to-back wins at Hill Dickinson Stadium!
61 min Garnacho’s cross is cut out by O’Brien and ricochets to Fernandez on the edge of the area. He shapes a lovely curler towards the far corner and Pickford skips across his line to fingertip it past the post. An excellent save, though not as good as the one in the first half.
59 min It’s a fibrous contest now, with every successful Everton challenged being cheered to the rafters.
57 min: Chelsea substitution Andrey Santos replaces Romeo Lavia in midfield.
55 min Free-kick to Everton on the left wing. Garner hammers it towards the far corner, forcing Sanchez to backpedal desperately and catch the ball above his head just in front of the goalline. His momentum takes him into the post but he’s okay.
Garner may have meant that because Sanchez was a fair way off his line.
52 min Chelsea are having a lot of the ball, as they did in the first half – but the tempo and intensity of their play is a fair bit better. With Everton good on the break, it feels like a goal is coming at one end or another.
50 min “What it is to have such helpful neighbours!” chirps Liverpool fan Ian Copestake.
49 min McNeil’s deep corner from the right is headed down by Tarkowski and claimed just in front of Beto by Sanchez. Almost a chance.
47 min “It makes such a difference for Everton when Garner is in the midfield rather than being a fish kind of out of water at fullback and today shows that,” writes Brad Wilson. “His class and vision in midfield are critical for Everton and we Evertonians love that Tuchel has noticed as well. “
46 min Chelsea have made a half-time substitution. Alejandro Garnacho is on for Malo Gusto, which means a rejig: Caicedo to right-back, Fernandez to a deeper midfield position, Palmer to No10, Pedro Neto to right wing.
Half time: Everton 1-0 Chelsea
Chelsea have work to do if they are to avoid a fourth straight defeat. Everton lead through a fine goal from Beto, made by the impressive James Garner. And though they deserve to be ahead, they needed Jordan Pickford to make a spectacular save from Enzo Fernandez.
45 min Two minutes of added time.
44 min Chelsea were on top when Everton scored, but the goal has led to another change in momentum. Everton are having a good spell as half-time approaches.
41 min With and without the ball, James Garner has had an outstanding first half.
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