Everton 0-0 Chelsea: Enzo Maresca's side prevented from going top of Premier League in battling draw

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·22 de dezembro de 2024

Everton 0-0 Chelsea: Enzo Maresca's side prevented from going top of Premier League in battling draw

Three points would have moved Chelsea above Liverpool for at least a few hours

Cole Palmer was largely uninvolved at Goodison Park

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Chelsea missed out on the chance to go top of the Premier League as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Everton at Goodison Park.

Victory for the Blues, coupled with Liverpool failing to do likewise against Tottenham later in the day, would have left Chelsea at the summit on Christmas Day, despite Enzo Maresca’s insistence that his side are not in a title race.

On a cold, windy afternoon this was perhaps proof that he was right, as Chelsea largely struggled in an uneventful clash.

Nicolas Jackson had two big chances in the first-half, the first bringing a sharp save from Jordan Pickford and the second a header sent against the post from a couple of yards out, but that was as good as it got for the Blues.

Neither side looked particularly likely to find a winner after the break, though Everton went closest as Robert Sanchez kept out Jack Harrison and Tosin Adarabioyo’s block denied Iliman Ndiaye.

Chelsea’s eight-match winning run came to an end, while Everton made it six games unbeaten on home soil.

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