{"id":552934,"date":"2026-03-22T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552934\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:10:09","slug":"everton-turn-up-heat-on-rosenior-as-beto-double-and-ndiaye-sink-chelsea-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/552934\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton turn up heat on Rosenior as Beto double and Ndiaye sink Chelsea | Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was left to Everton to impose the only serious sporting sanction of the week on Chelsea. Treated with extreme leniency<\/a> by the Premier League for cheating over a seven-year period, the Stamford Bridge club were left battered and bruised, and Liam Rosenior in a whole world of trouble, as Hill Dickinson Stadium witnessed the finest act of its eight-month existence.<\/p>\n

David Moyes\u2019s team were relentless, creative and clinical \u2013 everything their opponents were not \u2013 as two goals from Beto and a brilliant finish from Iliman Ndiaye delivered Everton\u2019s biggest win against Chelsea<\/a> since 1987. The 100th clean sheet of Jordan Pickford\u2019s Everton career was secured with two outstanding saves from Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez but, in truth, the threat from the visitors was minimal.<\/p>\n

A fourth consecutive defeat for Rosenior\u2019s side, and second 3-0 pummelling<\/a> in succession, maintained their downward trajectory under the former Strasbourg coach. Everton, delivering back-to-back league wins for the first time at their new home, appear a stronger bet for European qualification than Chelsea on present form. \u201cI don\u2019t want to make excuses, that was not good enough,\u201d Rosenior said. \u201cThe last week was not good enough. This was the most disappointing evening so far in terms of the things we had spoken about \u2013 not giving goals away and getting control of the game. The performance was nowhere near what we wanted or expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Everton<\/a> this was a script to savour. The backing for Moyes\u2019s side was as intense as their performance. The team coach was welcomed by a huge crowd as it snaked its way into the stadium while the atmosphere inside had a touch of Goodison Park about it, loud and edgy. Anger was a key ingredient.<\/p>\n

The announcement that Chelsea had been fined \u00a310.75m and banned from signing academy players for nine months, having engaged in \u201cdeception and concealment\u201d under Roman Abramovich\u2019s ownership, sparked incredulity at Everton. The Merseyside club were hit with two separate points deductions<\/a> for breaching profitability and sustainability rules in 2023\/24. Chelsea\u2019s punishment for making illicit payments totalling \u00a347.5m to sign players paled in comparison.<\/p>\n

Beto races away in delight after scoring for Everton in their victory. Photograph: Nick Potts\/PA<\/p>\n

There is \u201cthe need to preserve public confidence in the fairness of the competition,\u201d says the Premier League<\/a> in the written reasons for Chelsea\u2019s sanction. That ship has sailed in these parts. The Premier League anthem was roundly booed before kick-off and there were chants and banners questioning the integrity of the league from the Everton support. Moyes\u2019s players fed off the indignation that surrounded them.<\/p>\n

Everton were sharper and stronger throughout. An error-strewn opening by Chelsea contributed to the hosts\u2019 superiority. Robert S\u00e1nchez was almost embarrassed by Beto when dithering in possession. The beleaguered Chelsea goalkeeper just managed to flick the loose ball to Mois\u00e9s Caicedo before the striker could convert. Another loose pass by Pedro Neto led to the game\u2019s first real opening for James Garner \u2013 \u201chead and shoulders the best player on the pitch,\u201d according to his manager \u2013 and Malo Gusto blocked the midfielder\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n

Chelsea were just showing signs of a response when Everton ignited the arena by making the breakthrough. Garner, deservedly called into the England squad for the first time on Friday, was the architect of a beautiful goal when threading an inch-perfect pass through the heart of the Chelsea defence. Beto, ghosting in behind Wesley Fofana, reached the invitation before S\u00e1nchez and dinked a fine finish over the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

Iliman Ndiaye fires Everton\u2019s third goal past a diving Robert S\u00e1nchez. Photograph: Jon Super\/AP<\/p>\n

But for the brilliance of Pickford, the visitors would have levelled immediately. The Everton keeper could only palm Neto\u2019s corner towards Fern\u00e1ndez when crowded out at his near post but left the Chelsea midfielder, and several other players, with their heads in their hands by tipping over his acrobatic volley at close range. Pickford made another fine finger-tip save from Fern\u00e1ndez early in the second half.<\/p>\n

Rosenior introduced Alejandro Garnacho for Gusto at half-time, Caicedo switching to right back, but there was no let-up in Everton\u2019s intensity nor improvement from the visitors. The second goal encapsulated the difference in hunger and quality between the teams. Idrissa Gueye beat two Chelsea players, Marc Cucurella and Fern\u00e1ndez, to the substitute Andrey Santos\u2019s pass and surged 40 yards towards goal. He found Beto inside the area, who swept a powerful shot straight at S\u00e1nchez yet it somehow squirmed through the keeper and trickled over the line.<\/p>\n

Quick GuideEverton 3-0 Chelsea key factsShow\"\"<\/p>\n

\u2022 Everton have won consecutive Premier League games at the Hill Dickinson stadium for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chelsea have lost three of their last four Premier League games (W1), as many defeats as in their previous 18 matches in the competition (W8 D7 L3).<\/p>\n

\u2022 Beto (pictured carrying Iliman Ndiaye) became the fourth player to score two or more goals in a Premier League game at Hill Dickinson Stadium, while he is the first to do so for Everton. Opta<\/p>\n

Photograph: Jason Cairnduff\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

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Everton saved their best until last. Beto climbed highest to flick a Pickford goal-kick towards Ndiaye, who twisted Caicedo inside and out before lashing an unstoppable finish into the top corner. There was an audible buzz around the stadium for several minutes as Evertonians savoured the strike. Chelsea fans took their cue to head for the exits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was our best performance here, absolutely,\u201d said Moyes. \u201cFrom the first minute we were right on it. It was a big game and the crowd made it feel like a big game, so a big thank you to the supporters for the part they played tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was left to Everton to impose the only serious sporting sanction of the week on Chelsea. Treated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-552934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}