Everton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates after Jorginho penalty
Follow live updates as the Blues face off against their former manager Frank Lampard at Goodison Park
There are statement results to kickstart a new era and this was only one in the sense that, after four consecutive defeats at Goodison Park, Chelsea won at what has seemed their bogey ground. For Clearlake Capital, their £4.25 billion investment should secure something more exciting and more emphatic than a stodgy, if hard-fought, triumph in a low-calibre game. For Todd Boehly, the co-owner who has doubled up as his own director of football and whose summer transfer deliberations have encompassed everyone from Cristiano Ronaldo to Carney Chukwuemeka, victory was secured by two throwbacks to past regimes.
Jorginho, once seen as Maurizio Sarri’s pet project, scored a penalty won by Ben Chilwell, the signing Frank Lampard championed more than any other. That it condemned Lampard to defeat felt the least of the cruelties for Chelsea’s record scorer. His past is not his greatest concern in a week when Everton have stumbled into the season defined by costly injuries.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin was ruled out in training, leaving Everton without a striker – even the departed Duncan Ferguson was in the Sky Sports studios, rather than offering an intimidating presence on the touchline - and the luckless Ben Godfrey was taken to hospital long before the final whistle, stretchered off with a seemingly serious injury.
Follow all the latest reaction from Goodison Park:
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
57 mins: Cesar Azpilicueta tries to inject a bit of pace into the attack with a run down the right channel before passing the ball up wide to James. Mykolenko lunges into a challenge, wins the ball and stops the attack but he knocks it behind for a corner in the process.
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
54 mins: Reece James is booked for time-wasting when trying to take a throw in. The referee’s have made it a priority to cut out on time wasting this season but this card seems harsh with so long left on the clock.
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
51 mins: This is nice from Everton. McNeil runs past Koulibaly and Thiago Silva on his way into the box and attempts to square it into the middle of the box only for an interception to turn the ball out of play.
The corner is whipped into the middle and there’s a desperate scramble before Mendy manages to smother the ball.
Everton 0-1 Chelsea
48 mins: Chance! The ball is chipped over the top and Thiago Silva finds himself in a race with Demarai Gray that he’s never going to win. He gestures for Edouard Mendy to come and clear the ball but the goalkeeper holds his ground.
Silva sprints into the box and positions himself between Gray and the goal. The Everton forward drills a shot towards the far bottom corner but the defender manages to deflect the effort wide of goal.
Second half: Everton 0-1 Chelsea
Kick off: No changes from either manager at half-time as Everton get the game back underway. Dwight McNeil keeps hold of the ball brilliantly and shimmies inside of two Chelsea men before slotting the ball off to Alex Iwobi.
HT Everton 0-1 Chelsea
Yerry Mina was booked for Everton just before Jorginho’s penalty for arguing with the referee. He’ll need to keep himself in check during the second half as the Toffees can’t afford to lose another defender.
Half-time: Everton 0-1 Chelsea
45+9 mins: Chelsea head into the break with a slender lead. Everton have lost Ben Godfrey to injury but have looked solid before Abdoulaye Doucoure’s poor challenge on Ben Chilwell.
What does the second half have in store?
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Chelsea (45+9, Jorginho)⚽️
45+9 mins: Jorginho sends Jordan Pickford the wrong way and puts Chelsea in front on the stroke of half-time. He tucks the spot-kick right into the bottom left corner.
Great penalty.
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