Everton comes into the game without a known striker once again. Chelsea started the game on offensive with ashotthat stinged Howard's palms in the 2nd minute. The passing by the Chelsea players were tremendous, not losing many balls to Everton and even forcing the Toffees to play quick and short balls to move forward. Not much time given to Everton to think when the ball is at their feet.
Everton are frustrating the opponent as the entire 11 players are back defending when Chelsea has the ball. It's 33rd minute and Everton's doing tremendously well. Everton's doing even better in the 34th minute when Terry was sent off for a two-footed challenge on Ossie!
Half time, Everton did better than remain unscatched! They even had opportunities to attack Chelsea's half.
Everton is back in business in the 2nd half. Chelsea's striking ability seemed to have been blunted. In the 52nd minute, Fellaini leaped highest to power the ball towards Chelsea goal. But the ball was caught nicely by the opposing goalkeeper.
Yobo seemed to have pulled a hamstring, and is replaced by Bainsey. Chelsea seems to be complaining about literally everything. They even debated about the wall Everton has set up to defend a free kick. The referee got totally irritated, took his ten paces, showed that the wall was ok, and then flashed a yellow card at the complaining Chelsea player!
Everton came close in the 79th minute. A low hard cross by Bainsey that met Fellaini's foot, but the latter just could not direct the ball into the net. In the 82nd minute, Everton put the ball into the net, but the linesman deemed Pienaar offside. Bummer.
At the end, it's all square. Chelsea might have won Everton if they had their full strength. But one point against the mighty Chelsea is good enough for us as we prod towards the magical 40 point marker.
Score: Everton 0-0 Chelsea
Scorer: Nil
Assist: Nil
Subs: Bainsey
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