Will Rooney reports from Goodison Park.
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00:00 Full time here at Goodstone Park, finished Everton 2 Chelsea 0. Everton with a third
00:06 successive victory, three wins in eight days. Everton now four points clear of relegation zone
00:11 after that 10 point deduction for the Premier League, absolutely massive. I mean Everton would
00:15 be 10th in the Premier League if it weren't for that deduction. A great win again, fully deserved,
00:20 didn't have a lot of possession but they were effective in both boxes. Chelsea didn't create
00:26 an awful lot of chances, Everton didn't create a lot either but they were clinical again,
00:30 like they were against Newcastle earlier this week. First half was a little bit cagey to be
00:39 quite honest, Jordan Pickford made an early save to his right, Everton struggled to create anything
00:44 really clear cut, Jack Harrison has an effort on the spin and Acrobaccus' effort, but again Chelsea
00:50 didn't do a lot either, Everton were robust, they were compact, they were resolute. The first half
00:57 wasn't a fantastic spectacle, Everton definitely went into the half and then they opened the score
01:03 in the 54th minute. Before that Dwight McNeil has had an effort well saved by the Chelsea keeper
01:09 Robert Sanchez. In the first half Jordan Pickford made a couple of good saves but to say they opened
01:15 the half in the 54th minute, Abdoulaye Dekore, he's just phenomenal with what Sean Dyche has
01:21 built near Goodson Park, he's been here less than a year. Dekore has been a part of so many memorable
01:27 moments, that goal against Bourne, last season he broke the deadlock again, a real good goal,
01:33 Vitaly Mikhailenko showed good composure to pick out Dwight McNeil, on the left McNeil drove at
01:38 the Chelsea defence, shook off the challenge of Connor Gallagher, slipped the ball through to
01:43 Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Calvert-Lewin's effort was saved by Robert Sanchez but Dekore picked up the
01:48 ball just inside the box and he just, it was his composure was superb to be honest, he just took
01:53 his time, he didn't lash at it, waited for the gap to come and finished it. Chelsea put Everton under
02:00 a little bit of pressure after that but again Jordan Pickford was comfortable in goal to be
02:05 honest with you, I can't really remember Chelsea having a clear cut chance and then in stoppage
02:10 time a massive moment for youngster Lewis Dobbin, his first Everton goal and what a finish it was,
02:15 corner came in, cleared, well comes to Dobbin on the edge of the box, what a finish into the
02:21 bottom corner, euphoric celebration as I say, now four points clear of the relegation zone,
02:27 with that 10 pointers up, generally be 10th, they'd be up under the European spots to be quite frank,
02:32 they'd be three points behind Newcastle as things stand, both that sort of you know what comes to
02:38 the appeal, maybe it might improve Everton's situation but regardless of that momentum is
02:42 building and Sean Dyche is delighted with what's growing, the real synergy between fans and players
02:47 and delighted with the squad mentality as well because you know Ashley Young went off injures,
02:52 Nathan Patterson comes on and Idrissa Garnaghey, Sean Dyche had looked tired but Omadou Ounana
02:59 comes back in for his first game in a month, James Garner comes back after illness and was
03:04 absolutely everywhere in the second half, something really good building there and
03:11 Sean Dyche next goes back to Tafe Moore when Everton face Burnley and then Everton have got a
03:15 quarter, Carabao Cup quarter final against the Fulham side, they're banging for themselves,
03:20 5-0 against West Ham but for now Everton are toasting this Chelsea victory,
03:25 full is his ears and ends as Everton 2 Chelsea 0.