As part of the events of the first round of the English Premier League competition, Chelsea scored a hard 1-0 victory over Everton, starting their career successfully from the start of the league.
The first half started cautiously from both sides and the Blues managed to impose their attacking rhythm and excellent ball control in light of the excellent defensive position of the Everton players in their defensive areas to reduce the danger Children of coach Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea star Mason Mount got a special opportunity, but his powerful shot was blocked by goalkeeper Jordan Pickford denied him a brilliant goal, and goalkeeper Edward Mendy in turn saved a dangerous attempt by James Tarkowski to deny the Blues scored a penalty, which successfully scored Jorginho and put Chelsea ahead by 49 -th minute, and this half ended with the “blue” leading 1:0.
In the second half, the Blues players continued to dominate the meeting, but in the absence of any significant attacking activity, and in turn, Everton’s rebounds became more active, as they managed a clear threat of a throw by the Blues, and goalkeeper Mendy prevented a dangerous an attempt by Abd Lai Dukouri to deprive him of the equalizer and then Everton manager Frank Lampard resorted to a “Some Adjustments” procedure in his squad, where Dele Alli replaced Dwight McNeil, and then coach Tuchel made two quick substitutions, as Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic replaced Benjamin Chilwal and Mason Mount in a bid to improve the Blues’ attacking record and manager Tuchel continued to make tactical substitutions within his team in an attempt to give his team great attacking depth and in the last 15 minutes Everton’s players failed to keep up with opponent due to the excellent ball control of the Chelsea players.
Source: El Iktisad