Everton vs Chelsea player ratings: Dominic Calvert-Lewin stars on Kepa Arrizabalaga’s day to forget

Richarlison got the stadium rocking with a header in the fifth minute as Everton got off to the perfect start following Marco Silva's sacking this week

Lawrence Ostlere
Goodison Park
Saturday 07 December 2019 10:37 EST
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Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates as Everton went ahead
Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates as Everton went ahead (EPA)

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Everton secured a huge victory over high-flying Chelsea as Duncan Ferguson began life as interim manager with a win.

Richarlison got the stadium rocking with a header in the fifth minute as Everton got off to the perfect start following Marco Silva’s sacking this week.

And Dominic Calvert-Lewin put a second in shortly into the second half to seemingly put the game to bed.

But Mateo Kovacic’s brilliantly volley reply made things tight again and it needed another Calvert-Lewin goal, outmuscling the Chelsea defence, to finish the job and lift Everton out of the relegation zone.

Take a look out how the players rated:

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