Chelsea (4) has established itself in the Champions League qualifying positions after defeating a direct rival, Everton (5th) in the match of the 27th day of the Premier League. James Rodriguez and Yerry Mine didn’t play.
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With this victory, the “blues” reach 50 points, four more than Everton, which has one game less and five more than Tottenham and West Ham, who will close on Monday, receiving Leeds (11) from Marcelo Bielsa.
This is the eleventh consecutive unbeaten game for Chelsea, ie since the arrival of the German coach on the bench Thomas Tuchel, and the ninth without scoring a goal.
True to the image of a disciplined team and with control of the game that Chelsea has been offering since he coached him Tuchel, the locals were never overtaken by an Everton that came after three consecutive victories.
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The Blues dominated the game and looked for more clear chances to score and could have increased the number of goals if international goalkeeper Jordan Pickford He would not have been so successful in stopping the blows of Marcos Alonso (41 years old) or Timo Werner (80 and 85).
The one who stood out was the German Kai Havertz, who finally started to justify what Chelsea paid last summer (boreal), participating in the first goal, although the one who sent the ball into the net of his own goal was the defender Ben Godfrey (21), and causing the penalty that Jorginho turned into a 2-0 final (65).
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