This game Chelsea
Lining up in 343, Pulisic, Havertz, Félix up front, Kovacic & EnzoFernandez in midfield, Chilwell, James on the wings, Koulibaly, Badiashile, Fofana in the back line, Everton were in 451 with Gray playing single striker, and a trio in midfield of Doucoure, Gueye, Onana, Iwobi on the wings, McNeil, Coleman, Keane, Tarkowski, Godfrey in the back line.
(Both teams start)
Chelsea
From the beginning of the initiative, constantly launching attacks, but Everton's Onana, Gueye, Doucoure trio in the middle of the center will cause the center is very dense, not so good to attack into, but the two flanks is a different story, Chilwell has been to give a lot of pressure on Iwobi, the right side of the side of the Havertz is also quite good form, the beginning of the first half of 20 minutes has already played several good chances! In the first 20 minutes of the first half, they had several good chances.
Chelsea
Always wanting to play long, long balls are deep, which works against Everton who don't move fast overall, Chelsea
A direct kick skims across the whole midfield for Félix & Havertz who have the pace to go after it, get the ball and then back into the middle, if it's an aerial Everton can more than likely clear it but if it's a ground ball there have been a couple of times where it's been very close to a direct steal
Everton by Chelsea
Pressing, though the middle was desperately pressing, Chelsea
The counterattacks were pretty sharp, and gradually they couldn't get up to them, leaving Gray alone up front, but their defense didn't exactly let up, and Chelsea
There were still not enough men up front for the final strike and the first half ended in a 0-0 stalemate between the two teams
Everton pressed forward at the start of the second half, but were immediately hit on the counter-attack, and on 48 minutes Chilwell's cross from the left was met by Havertz, who had a fine header, but it was cleared by the keeper.
On 51 minutes, Enzo Fernandez made a big move down the center to the left, and this time Chilwell had a good chance, as he crossed the ball without stopping it, which was blocked, and then Félix followed up with a shot from 17 yards, which was a superb ball rolling angle.
Chelsea
Pulisic was replaced by Gallagher in the 61st minute, but Everton didn't give up, and they took back-to-back corners in the 68th minute, culminating in Tarkowski hitting the ball from outside the area, and Doucoure connecting with a header from just inside the box, Everton do have a knack for scoring from corners!
But Chelsea
Immediately ramping up the counter-attack, on 76 minutes James burst into the box and was brought down by Tarkowski and Godfrey together, the referee awarded a 12-yard penalty, which was scored by Havertz, and Chelsea
Once again, we're up 2-1.
Everton continued to step up their attack on the right flank as Chelsea
In the 80th minute, the tired Kovacic was replaced by Loftus-Cheek, and then Félix and Fofana were replaced by Chalobah and Chukwuemeka, with the intention of reinforcing the defense for the final minutes.
In the 88th minute, Everton's long ball from the backfield was flicked on by Doucoure to substitute Simms, who took the ball straight into the box and fired an 11-yard shot from the left side of the field past Koulibaly to make it a 2-2 tie at the last minute.
Chelsea
Although they tried to make a comeback in the last minute, time was running out and they launched a series of corner kicks in the last minute but to no avail and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.
You can see from the game that Chelsea when Kovacic was on the field
The second half from Kovacic off the field Everton began to have some advantage in the midfield scramble, the last successive replacement of defensive players instead of losing the attacking power of the front and midfield control, so that Everton was able to grab a chance at the last moment, this game Chelsea!
Played well all over the pitch, especially on the left, but it's a shame they couldn't hold on in the end, they're still stuck in 10th place!
