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:
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Marcos Alonso, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Timo Werner are among the Chelsea players left out of the squad today.
New signing Carney Chukwuemeka, defender Malang Sarr and fringe options such as Ross Barkley and Michy Batshuayi are yet others - surely a few are set to leave soon.
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The ground filling up and the players warming up.
Everton vs Chelsea is just a few minutes away, with both teams starting their season here and looking to get off to a flier.
Optimism will spark among the fans of whichever side can clinch the points!
Everton vs Chelsea: 15 minutes to kick off
We are fast approaching kick-off at Goodison Park and Chelsea have already seen a marker laid down for them by Tottenham, a rival for at least the top four this season, and possibly more. They’ve hammered Southampton in their own opener, so it’s up to Tuchel’s side to keep pace with a win of their own early on.
As for Everton, it’s about survival first and foremost for them after a dismal campaign last time out.
To that end, it’s notable that Bournemouth, Fulham and Leeds have all earned at least a point today.
Thomas Tuchel ready for action after topsy turvy summer at Chelsea
Thomas Tuchel says Chelsea have done well in their transfer business and he’s been able to focus the team on getting immediate results once the Premier League season starts today.
“Seeing that we succeed in transfer market also calmed me down, so it was like a give and take for for everybody. It is what we want because the strengths of Chelsea was that it was calm not only from inside but also from outside, and we have to do everything to reach this status again,” he said. ”We try to refocus this week completely on Everton and I feel the team focused and everybody calmed down, and I’m convinced that we are ready to compete with Everton for the win.”
Everton vs Chelsea latest news
Full time scores coming in around the Premier League from the 3pm kick-offs now:
Newcastle 2-0 Forest
Spurs 4-1 Southampton
Bournemouth 2-0 Villa
Leeds 2-1 Wolves
Earlier: Fulham 2-2 Liverpool
Thomas Tuchel: Nobody wants to wear ‘cursed’ Chelsea number nine shirt
Thomas Tuchel has insisted Chelsea did not deliberately leave the number nine shirt free with a future new signing in mind.
Chelsea’s number nine remains vacant after Romelu Lukaku’s return to Inter Milan on loan, and Tuchel said none of the Blues’ current stars wanted to take the shirt.
The Stamford Bridge club will continue to look at adding a striker to their ranks this summer, with Barcelona’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang understood to remain in consideration.
The last six Chelsea stars to wear the nine shirt have struggled for a lasting impact in west London, leaving Tuchel to joke that the Blues’ central striking number still harbours bad luck.
“It’s cursed, it’s cursed, people tell me it’s cursed!” joked Tuchel.
Thomas Tuchel: Nobody wants to wear ‘cursed’ Chelsea number nine shirt
The number is vacant following the departure of Romelu Lukaku
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Big day for the goalkeeper. Might be a busy one too.
Everton vs Chelsea team news and confirmed line-ups
Here we go then - it’s a debut for McNeil and another for Tarkowski for Everton, while the visitors bring in new faces as expected with Koulibaly and Sterling.
Confirmed line-ups
Everton: Pickford; Godfrey, Mina, Tarkowski; Patterson, Doucoure, Iwobi, Mykolenko; Gordon, Gray, McNeil
Chelsea: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Silva, Koulibaly; James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell; Mount, Havertz, Sterling
Barcelona set to seal deal for Chelsea full-back Marcos Alonso
Barcelona now expect to complete the signing of Chelsea left-back Marcos Alonso.
Marc Cucurella’s £62million arrival at Chelsea has paved the way for Alonso to make the move back to Spain that he has craved for some months.
Alonso is understood to want to return to his native Spain to be closer to family, and his impending switch will bring down the curtain on six years in west London.
Chelsea are thought to have been understanding of Alonso’s desire to return to Spain, and have long been in dialogue with Barcelona over a deal.
Barcelona set to seal deal for Chelsea full-back Marcos Alonso
Marc Cucurella’s £60million arrival at Chelsea has paved the way for Alonso to make the move back to Spain
Everton set to complete signing of Lille midfielder Amadou Onana
Everton have agreed a £33.7million deal to sign Lille midfielder Amadou Onana.
It is understood the 20-year-old Belgium international is set for a medical ahead of signing a five-year contract.
He is likely to be in the stands at Goodison Park to watch Saturday’s home game against Chelsea.
Onana will provide a much-needed option in midfield, an area manager Frank Lampard is looking to strengthen further with a deal to bring former Toffees player Idrissa Gana Gueye back from Paris St Germain.
Everton set to complete signing of Lille midfielder Amadou Onana
The 20-year-old Belgium international is set for a medical ahead of signing a five-year contract
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