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STAMFORD BRIDGE, ENGLAND: Magoli ya Cesc Fabregas na Alvaro Morata yameipa Chelsea ushindi wa bao 2-0 dhidi ya Everton.
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The Pa remier League champions might be heading into the final week of the transfer window with a great deal still in flux, but Antonio Conte’s team’s instinct for winning games remains intact from the last season when they cut through the field with the ruthlessness of old.
Chelsea now have two straight victories after that opening day aberration against Burnley and this one against Everton, with top six ambitions of their own, was achieved without the visitors mustering a single attempt on target. Conte’s team played all the football, and Ronald Koeman’s team tried to stop it when they could – which they managed for some of the afternoon but by no means all.
A Cesc Fabregas goal in the first half after 27 minutes of fairly unrelenting pressure set the tone and then Alvaro Morata, who had helped created the first headed, in the second after a judicious advantage played by referee Jon Moss. They looked comfortable and it takes some of the pressure out of the final week’s transfer dealings when new faces are expected, possibly Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Drinkwater.
As for Everton, they scarcely asked a question of Chelsea until briefly in the latter stages when Idrissa Gueye struck a shot that Thibaut Courtois judged serious enough to push away for a corner – although that one was not on target either. Perhaps the Europa League exertions in Croatia during the week had taken too much from the squad, although that will be a concern for Koeman given the programme that faces him.
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The Pa remier League champions might be heading into the final week of the transfer window with a great deal still in flux, but Antonio Conte’s team’s instinct for winning games remains intact from the last season when they cut through the field with the ruthlessness of old.
Chelsea now have two straight victories after that opening day aberration against Burnley and this one against Everton, with top six ambitions of their own, was achieved without the visitors mustering a single attempt on target. Conte’s team played all the football, and Ronald Koeman’s team tried to stop it when they could – which they managed for some of the afternoon but by no means all.
A Cesc Fabregas goal in the first half after 27 minutes of fairly unrelenting pressure set the tone and then Alvaro Morata, who had helped created the first headed, in the second after a judicious advantage played by referee Jon Moss. They looked comfortable and it takes some of the pressure out of the final week’s transfer dealings when new faces are expected, possibly Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Drinkwater.
As for Everton, they scarcely asked a question of Chelsea until briefly in the latter stages when Idrissa Gueye struck a shot that Thibaut Courtois judged serious enough to push away for a corner – although that one was not on target either. Perhaps the Europa League exertions in Croatia during the week had taken too much from the squad, although that will be a concern for Koeman given the programme that faces him.