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The Premier League may have treated Chelsea lightly<\/a> for cheating over a seven year period but Everton left them battered and bruised, and Liam Rosenior in a whole world of trouble, with a resounding victory at a raucous Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n Two goals from Beto and a brilliant finish from Iliman Ndiaye delivered Everton\u2019s biggest win over Chelsea<\/a> since 1987 and capped their new home\u2019s finest occasion so far. Jordan Pickford also secured the 100th clean sheet of his Everton career with a stupendous save from Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, but in truth the threat from the visitors was minimal.<\/p>\n A fourth consecutive defeat for Rosenior\u2019s team, and second 3-0 reverse in succession, maintained their downward trajectory under the former Strasbourg coach. Everton look a stronger bet for European qualification than Chelsea<\/a> on current form.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Everton reaction<\/p>\n Beto<\/p>\n double quotation markI don\u2019t think I\u2019m a hero but I feel like I\u2019m home \u2013 playing for Everton is unbelievable. You just want to give your all and help the team.<\/p>\n Today was a must-win game for us. We did a great, great performance, a clean sheet, and we are happy.<\/p>\n James Garner<\/p>\n double quotation markThat was the best I\u2019ve seen [Hill Dickinson Stadium], and to top it off with a win \u2013 amazing.<\/p>\n [On the first goal] That\u2019s the type of pass [Beto] goes on about every single day, and I should do more.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Still want more? Course you do. Leeds are playing Brentford at 8pm, and Dominic Booth has the team news.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Full time: Everton 3-0 Chelsea<\/p>\n Everton have won back-to-back league games at their new stadium for the first time. They hammered an uptight Chelsea<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n The result moves Everton<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 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\u2019t take any chances.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90+2 min Chelsea\u2019s next two Premier League<\/a> games are at home to Manchester City and Manchester United. Maybe that\u2019s what they need to turn their form around.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.22 EDT<\/p>\n 90+1 min Five added minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min \u201cIf Beto\u2019s talent was as big as his heart, he\u2019d be playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona, but every Evertonian understands that,\u201d says Gary Naylor. \u201cHe\u2019s been fantastic tonight and I hope he enjoys the love of the stadium, because he deserves it and not just for this match.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min Chelsea appeal unsuccessfully for a penalty when Tarkowski manhandles Fofana at a set-piece. Could\u2019ve been given.<\/p>\n Everton bring on Merlin Rohl and Tim Iroegbunam for the excellent Iliman Ndiaye and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 87 min Gueye nutmegs Fofana, who trips him and is booked.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 85 min Sanchez blocks Dewsbury-Hall\u2019s shot from the angle after another rapier Everton<\/a> break.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min Garnacho turns well in the area but his low cross is lumped cross in the six-yard box.<\/p>\n Enzo Fernandez and Cucurella then have a minor slanging match with Ndiaye.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min \u201cRosenior,\u201d begins Joshua Keeling. \u201cOut of his depth?\u201d<\/p>\n In a sane world it would be far too early to say. It\u2019s not even his team FHS. But we all know how this thing of ours works.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 82 min: Everton<\/a> substitution Thierno Barry replaces Beto, who scored two and made the third.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 81 min \u201cIn my youth,\u201d writes K\u00e1ri Tulinius, \u201cArsenal were a team that ground out one-nil wins and Chelsea<\/a> 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Let\u2019s not get carried away.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 79 min: Chelsea<\/a> substitutions Liam Delap and Tosin Adarabioyo replace Joao Pedro and Moises Caicedo, who is a yellow card away from suspension.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: Everton<\/a> substitution Jarrad Branthwaite for Dwight McNeil.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Iliman Ndiaye has sealed a rousing victory for Everton with a cracking goal. They have been so good tonight. Pickford\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Everton 3-0 Chelsea (Ndiaye 76)<\/p>\n Pick it out.<\/p>\n Cracker on it\u2019s way to the top corner of the goal. Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesAnd from reverse angle. Photograph: Peter Powell\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.12 EDT<\/p>\n 75 min Another booming corner from Estevao beats everyone, including Pickford, and flashes just wide of the far post.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 75 min A delightful run from Estevao leads to another corner for Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min Now Pickford has to charge out of his area to beat Joao Pedro to a shortish backpass. For all their frustration, Chelsea<\/a> aren\u2019t out of this game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>71 min: Estevao hits the bar!<\/p>\n 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\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n Everton break sharply and Ndiaye\u2019s shot from 20 yards is comfortably saved by Sanchez.<\/p>\n Edit: I thought Pickford had saved it but replays show it hit the crossbar.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.04 EDT<\/p>\n 71 min \u201cHill Dickinson Stadium it may be,\u201d says Ian Copestake, \u201cbut to me it\u2019s 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!\u201d<\/p>\n The docks, eh? That explains the mouth on you!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.01 EDT<\/p>\n 70 min: Chelsea<\/a> substitution Estevao replaces the subdued Pedro Neto.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min Joao Pedro plays an angled through pass towards Garnacho in the area. He loses O\u2019Brien with the aid of a ricochet but Garner gets back to cover. He has an outstanding game.<\/p>\n Moments later, Pickford is out very quickly to block Fernandez\u2019s attempted flick. Fine goalkeeping.<\/p>\n Garnacho, who thought he was elbowed during the move that led to the Fernandez shot, is booked for dissent.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 68 min Chelsea look low on confidence at both ends, which is natural after their recent struggles. Estevao is preparing to come on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 64 min \u201cDoes the Premier League<\/a> impose a regulation size on goalkeepers\u2019 gloves,\u201d wonders Gary Byrne, \u201cbecause Pickford\u2019s remind me of my oul\u2019 Gran\u2019s oven mitts.\u201d<\/p>\n Anything that doesn\u2019t fit the Giant Handed Man is fine.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Idrissa Gueye did superbly to read and then intercept a Chelsea<\/a> 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\u2019t care.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Everton 2-0 Chelsea (Beto 62)<\/p>\n Beto strikes again and Everton<\/a> could be heading for back-to-back wins at Hill Dickinson Stadium!<\/p>\n Everton’s Beto shoots. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersBeto scores. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.57 EDT<\/p>\n 61 min Garnacho\u2019s cross is cut out by O\u2019Brien 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.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 59 min It\u2019s a fibrous contest now, with every successful Everton<\/a> challenged being cheered to the rafters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min: Chelsea<\/a> substitution Andrey Santos replaces Romeo Lavia in midfield.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 55 min Free-kick to Everton<\/a> 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\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n Garner may have meant that because Sanchez was a fair way off his line.<\/p>\n Bend it like Sanchez! Photograph: Matt West\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.49 EDT<\/p>\n 52 min Chelsea are having a lot of the ball, as they did in the first half \u2013 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.<\/p>\n Neto action. Photograph: Luke Williams\/Every Second Media\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.44 EDT<\/p>\n 50 min \u201cWhat it is to have such helpful neighbours!\u201d chirps Liverpool fan Ian Copestake.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min McNeil\u2019s deep corner from the right is headed down by Tarkowski and claimed just in front of Beto by Sanchez. Almost a chance.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 47 min \u201cIt makes such a difference for Everton<\/a> when Garner is in the midfield rather than being a fish kind of out of water at fullback and today shows that,\u201d writes Brad Wilson. \u201cHis class and vision in midfield are critical for Everton and we Evertonians love that Tuchel has noticed as well. \u201c<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.35 EDT<\/p>\n Half time: Everton 1-0 Chelsea<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Moyes hails his players after a first half on the front foot. Photograph: Carl Recine\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.20 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min Two minutes of added time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n