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It's a quick return to the north-west this weekend as the Blues head to Goodison Park for a meeting with familiar faces and here we preview our penultimate ...

Richarlison has had the most shots on target (16) and most shots off target (18) in the Premier League this season. It was in this corresponding fixture for Everton in December 2020, against Frank Lampard’s Chelsea. Our two defeats came at West Ham and Man City. Marcos Alonso has completed the most interceptions in the Premier League for the Blues in 2021/22 (40). Chelsea have the highest win rate in games played on the first day of a month in Premier League history, winning 30 of our 50 such games (60 per cent). We have won all four of our matches in the competition that have kicked off on 1 May. Chelsea have the second-best away record in the Premier League this season (behind Man City) with 37 points (11 wins) from 17 games.

Everton manager Frank Lampard has strongly defended young forward Anthony Gordon against suggestions he is a diver.The 21-year-old was booked for simulation ...

He loves playing for the club.' 'I have been very used to handling pressure. 'The second-half one is a penalty in my opinion. On Sunday Lampard comes up against Chelsea, the club he represented for 13 years as a player and sacked him as head coach in January last year. 'I played in the game for a long time and if I changed direction – maybe not as quickly as Anthony – and there was contact, I would go down. - Anthony Gordon was shown a yellow card for diving in the Merseyside derby

The 50-year-old, who is currently part of Frank Lampard's coaching staff at Everton, has previously managed Derby County, Reading, Swansea and Cercle Brugge ...

The Daily Record is claiming that Clement has been spoken to by Hibs. Roy Keane remains the bookmakers’ favourite for the job, although ex-Derby and Feyenoord boss Phillip Cocu has also been linked with Hibs. Other names such as Henning Berg and Malky Mackay have also been mentioned, although Hibs are going to take their time after sacking Shaun Maloney 11 days ago.

ANTHONY GORDON was accused of diving in Everton's defeat at Liverpool.

I think it would be unfair to put that [tag of being a diver] on Anthony. I played in the game for a long time, and if I changed direction — maybe not as quickly as Anthony — and there was contact, I would go down." He continued: "That isn't simulation, that isn't diving as far as I'm concerned, and that has happened for years and years. The defender stepped on his foot and gave him a push - not a big one - but one at pace to knock him over, and we didn't get a penalty for it.

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They do not deserve the sleepless nights and relegation-inspired nightmares thrust upon them but even in recent weeks, when it would have been so easy for those fears to seep into the atmosphere, they have backed the team. Calls have been made for that buzz to be replicated inside the famous stadium too, for the home crowd to turn it into a bubbling cauldron that inspires the Blues while intimidating their visitors. There's little doubt that the majority shareholder has been rather conspicuous by his absence in what has been a hugely disappointing season for his side. But Lampard said several youth players had played an important role in the senior squad's work at Finch Farm. The Blues have been named as the striker’s “suitor” with boss Frank Lampard said to be a long-term “admirer” of the 24-year-old. When he was last at Goodison Park, he probably wished he'd have stayed at home instead. The 24-year-old has impressed while on loan at Celtic this season and the blues are said to be one of several clubs “monitoring” the defender. Sport Witness reports that Everton are “attentive” to Jovic’s situation, with the striker claimed to have accepted that he should move on from Real Madrid this summer. It has been reported that Everton are “first in the line” to sign Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic. HITC reports that the defender has emerged as a “target” for Everton, with the German club said to value Niakhate at £8m. Despite the miserable campaign they have endured they have remained in fine voice and backed the players continuously. Opportunities to follow in the footsteps of Anthony Gordon and Jarrad Branthwaite have been limited in the Premier League as the club battles against relegation.

The 21-year-old forward was booked for simulation in last weekend's Merseyside derby.

“I have been very used to handling pressure. He loves playing for the club.” “The second-half one is a penalty in my opinion. He’s a dedicated boy, he just wants to play well for this club. “Chelsea will always be a big part of my life, I was there 13 years as a player and 18 months as manager, but it (the Chelsea association) doesn’t feel an important part of this weekend,” he added. The defender stepped on his foot and gave him a push – not a big one – but one at pace, to knock him over and we didn’t get a penalty for it.

The former Chelsea boss joined Everton back in January after Rafa Benitez left the ...

- Arsenal vs Everton (22/05/22) "Sometimes people from the outside ask me, because of the position we are in: 'Are you enjoying it?' The former Chelsea boss joined Everton back in January after Rafa Benitez left the team four points clear of the relegation zone, but he has been unable to reverse their fortunes.

Michael Keane moving from Everton to injury-hit West Ham makes sense after a "horrendous" season at Goodison says Kevin Campbell.

We’re delighted to welcome former Everton striker Kevin Campbell as our exclusive columnist. “It’s proven that he can play in the Premier League. He can play well in the Premier League, he’s just had a horrendous season at times, with mistakes at Everton. “So squad depth is going to be really important.

The Everton manager accepted the club's predicament had limited first team minutes but said academy products were still playing a key role for the first ...

He said: "The players that sometimes we need, or who are training well, and who we hear are training well, come in and train with us. Club bosses are keen to improve the connection between the academy and first team with the hope of providing a pathway for more players to make the step up. Lampard highlighted the club’s current plight as a reason for not being able to give current U23s players experience on the pitch.

Chelsea's centre backs are excellent as a unit and when the team does not have the ball, the wing backs and defensive midfielders form a phalanx around them, ...

The Premier League schedule ensures a quick return up the M6 for Chelsea this weekend for our second game in four days in the north-west.

With 15 minutes to go, the Blades were leading Glenn Hoddle’s FA Cup finalists 2-1 and only needed a draw for safety as the Merseysiders were tied 2-2 with Wimbledon at Goodison. Even when Mark Stein banged in an equaliser, the Yorkshiremen were safe (though ex-Blue Graham Stuart had scored late for Everton), but their bench mistakenly thought otherwise and implored them to attack. The last Englishman to score home and away against the Merseysiders for Chelsea was Frank Lampard in 2005/06. A testing three-day turnaround adds to the challenge for the Londoners, but Trevoh Chalobah, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulisic, Hakim Ziyech and Andreas Christensen could be drafted in for freshness. Lamps is the third to play against us from an Everton dugout, matching Tottenham’s tally of former Blues coaches. The Londoners were 2-0 ahead inside the opening three minutes through Diego Costa and Branislav Ivanovic, then pegged back momentarily before a Seamus Coleman own goal restored the cushion. While the Blues are looking to lock in a Champions League place, the 18th-placed Toffees are scrapping to avoid banishment from England’s elite. In contrast, the Toffees’ record is one draw and eight defeats. The Blues have also netted 293 times against the Toffees across all competitions, more than any other opponent. Thomas Tuchel will demand a decisive reaction from his forwards after other opportunities to put the game beyond Manchester United went begging. As Blur well knew, there’s something about Chelsea and parks. Club historian Rick Glanvill and club statistician Paul Dutton assess the assignment at Goodison Park...

Farhad Moshiri is to blame for most of the mess at Everton, but the players must be responsible for being in the relegation battle, says Jamie Carragher.

In his column for The Telegraph Carragher said: “The conservative estimate is that Moshiri has invested £500 million on the squad and assortment of managers. The players’ form has not been good enough, clearly, but better groups of players than this one in the history of football have had a major dip in form due to the environment they were operating in. But as the man in charge of the decisions, or in charge of those who make the decisions, all rounds eventually lead to Moshiri.

Entering Sunday's match at Goodison Park, the reigning European Champions have won four from eight in all competitions, exiting the Champions League at the ...

At the heart of the defence is Tiago Silva. The 37 year old is a marvel: moving to the most physical and intense league in world football at an advanced age with this level of success shows what an intelligent player he is. Against Manchester United, he deployed Mason Mount behind a front two of Kai Havertz and Timo Werner. In attacking situations there’s a lot of fluidity in Chelsea’s movements, so Mount would appear on the right and the two forwards swapped positions frequently in order to confuse the defence. The attacker has scored ten league goals and registers an SCA90 (Shot-Creating Actions per 90 minutes) of 4.00. He is a creative force from open play and dead-ball situations and his mobility and tireless work make him a constant danger. Last summer, a final piece in the form of elite striker Romelu Lukaku was added, with a serious challenge for the Premier League title expected, but this dissipated after a strong opening to the campaign saw the team top the table after 14 matches. One by one - with the exception of the cut-adrift Watford and Norwich City - the Blues have seen their relegation rivals turn their form around: first Brentford, then Leeds United and finally Burnley. The former are now safe on 40 points, the latter two still enmeshed in the battle, but Frank Lampard’s Blues need to find some consistency in the six games that remain for them if they are to survive. The end of the season is approaching with alarming rapidity and come Sunday, Everton will be left with just three weeks to try to secure their status as a Premier League club; an astonishing thing to absorb for Blues fans unfamiliar with similarly bleak situations in the 1990s.

Lampard's Everton are at a 'critical' juncture as they face his former club, Chelsea, on Sunday with six games left in which to protect a proud record of being ...

Lampard’s Everton are at a ‘critical’ juncture as they face his former club, Chelsea, on Sunday with six games left in which to protect a proud record of being in the top flight since 1954. ‘We need to keep that spirit because spirit in football is a huge thing. Lampard, 43, says he’s been through enough to cope with the pressure.

Chelsea face Everton in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon at Goodison Park. Frank Lampard and Thomas Tuchel come head-to-head for the first time since ...

- They have the highest win rate in games played on the first day of a month in Premier League history, winning 30 of their 50 such games (60%). - Chelsea have had a higher percentage of clean sheets away from home than any other team in the Premier League this season, keeping nine clean sheets in their 17 away games (53%). - Everton have not won any of the nine Premier League games they have played on a Sunday this season, losing eight of those fixtures.

Everton manager Frank Lampard has explained how his uncle Harry Redknapp is giving advice on how the Toffees can avoid relegation from the Premier League ...

I told the players how lucky we are - but they also have to understand that they have a responsibility to every Evertonian to make sure we stay in this league.” A couple are a bit older, which is different but great in the same sense - and those things are important.” “The harder bit is when you are not actually playing games and you have a long week, because you think about the job all the time. I've got four kids, and a couple of them are pretty young, and they make you smile all the time. Whenever I speak to him, whether it’s ‘what do you think about taking the Everton job, Harry? What do you think about the Chelsea job? It’s not like he tells me to do this or that - it’s not that kind of advice.

A look back at Everton's most memorable recent triumphs over Chelsea at Goodison Park as the Blues seek what could be their most-important victory over the ...

Goodison Park loves a trier and perhaps Denis Stracqualursi wasn’t the only person inside the ground to shed a tear when the Everton cult hero finally scored what proved to be his solitary goal in a Premier League game. The hosts’ nerves jangled just three minutes later when Mateo Kovacic pulled a goal back with a long range effort but the points were secured six minutes from the end as Calvert-Lewin proved sharpest in the box during a goalmouth scramble to fire the ball through Kepa Arrizabalaga’s legs after the world’s most-expensive goalkeeper had given up possession with a poor clearance. This was the infamous day that future Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti was sacked by Chelsea before he’d even left Goodison Park – just a year after delivering a Premier League and FA Cup double in his first season outside of Italian football – but for the Blues the game is more memorable for Jermaine Beckford’s recreation of another AC Milan legend’s famous solo goal when George Weah famously ran almost the entire length of the pitch from his own area to score against Verona in 1996. Everton actually enjoy a winning record at home to Chelsea in the Premier League – just – having triumphed in 11 of their meetings with 10 wins for the visitors and eight draws. In the same competition, Arsenal have triumphed 12 times at Goodison with nine Everton wins and nine draws while their north London rivals Tottenham have secured 10 victories to Everton’s five with 15 draws. Everton really need a win against Chelsea at Goodison Park on Sunday to boost their hopes of Premier League survival but there is encouragement for the hosts as they prepare for this crucial battle.

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin appears to have completed his full training session today ahead of the Premier League clash against Chelsea.

It means the Toffees must get a positive result and close the gap with the two in front of them. The stage is nicely set for the Toffees to put up a strong fight against Chelsea and get a positive result. The Toffees striker missed the last few games with an injury and it remains to be seen whether he is drafted into the starting line-up.

Farhad Moshiri hasn't been seen much at Goodison Park this season as Everton fans unite to fight relegation.

The process is vital to ensure all components of Everton fully support the manager. He could have expected a fair amount of the protest to be directed at him and he faced the music if only for a brief spell. “We have to get behind the manager and give him that Goodison feeling, and I think success will come with that. Everyone connected with the club is making a concerted effort to make these final three home matches of the season the best they can possibly be. His "good times" comment is still ringing in the ears of many as incredibly off-brand for a club of this stature. Despite Evertonians not seeing him for a while, his motivations remain the same. Instead of directly addressing the fans or using the club's own channels to do so, he would often go through a friend at a certain radio station to get his message across. What must be said is that it's tough to know what effect the pandemic might have had on this point. He missed the ire that came from the supporters in the match before against Liverpool too, which saw strong words directed at other prominent members of the board who had taken to their seats. But this is a time when supporters are calling for unity, togetherness. There's little doubt that the majority shareholder has been rather conspicuous by his absence in what has been a hugely disappointing season for his side. But, when the day came, it was revealed that he wasn't in attendance.

The message for match-going Evertonians is clear. The Goodison guys will be matching down Goodison road to roar on the players ahead of yet another huge ...

“We didn’t have the chance to go out and have lunch, and he also took the chance to go and take charge of Everton. He took an assistant from us, Joe Edwards, and were not so happy! I am excited to go there, and we expect a tough fight.” It is ultimately down to the players of course. It is important the players understand that, I certainly do. In the meantime Thomas Tuchel has steadied the ship and all but confirmed a top four finish, while the FA Cup will be the last chance of silverware. I was very happy when he wrote me that message, it was very gentlemanly. The World Club Championship was secured to make it a clean sweep of trophies since Roman Abramovich’s takeover. Everton players and those from the visiting team have spoken about how the Goodison atmosphere makes a difference. “If we get together in this moment, it makes us stronger. And that brings us back to the fans. Burnley had two home games in quick succession against mid-table sides with little to play for while Everton had arguably the hardest away trip in the league. The effort and commitment was without question, we haven’t always been able to say that about the team this season.

Everton will hope that Chelsea's recent struggles will offer them a chance to inch closer to safety. Chelsea have only won two of their last five matches ...

Chelsea: Mateo Kovacic inches closer to fitness but this match will come too soon for him, offering a chance for Ruben Loftus-Cheek to continue in the starting lineup. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has returned to training and will be available for selection along with Yerry Mina but the list of who is out gets longer and longer. Chelsea have only won two of their last five matches and are running out of motivation for things to play for in the Premier League as a FA Cup final date looms versus Liverpool on May 14th.

Frank Lampard could do with a favour from his old club today as Everton take on Chelsea in their fight to dodge relegation from the Premier League.

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'Everyone in football is taking advantage of Everton. Agents, players, maybe even managers doing what they want in the transfer market… that's the reason ...

‘I think if Everton go down, Everton will be a template for every other owner and football club in the Premier League of how not to do it. He has managed in six different countries and impressed the Everton board during the first two rounds of interviews, only for fans to protest his appointment once it became apparent that he was their first choice. Instead of sticking to their plan, the board bowed to supporter pressure and they were bounced into an appointment that they hadn’t planned. The rate of spending was already a risk before the pandemic hit but gate receipts are dramatically down for the last two years, helping Everton to lose £255m over the last three seasons. Over £500m has been squandered in the transfer market in the last six years, which has seen the club plummet to depths that they could scarcely imagine. Farhad Moshiri’s takeover in 2016 was supposed to signal the end of an era where Everton regularly punched above their weight and into one where the club could genuinely compete with the riches elsewhere.

Everton supporters are set to create a huge atmosphere at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon as Chelsea make the visit to Merseyside.

The atmosphere was stunning and an electric Goodison pushed their side to an amazing and hard-fought 3-1 victory on that afternoon. Goodison has been an angry ground for the home side at points this season, now it's time to make it an absolutely unbearable cacophony of noise for the travelling side. Those who are revelling in the doom-and-gloom of a great club finding themselves in peril at the bottom end of the table. Blues are making a concerted effort to encourage everyone to get around the ground as early as they possibly can this weekend. The Blues have relied on their home form throughout the majority of the term so far, and there's been little evidence to suggest that might change any time soon. But a bit of rain isn't about to dampen the atmosphere Everton fans are desperate to create this weekend.

Frank Lampard brought through Mason Mount and Reece James at Chelsea but ahead of the Londoners visit to Goodison Park he praises the huge talent of ...

"It seems to me he knows how to take it and it's good to have players in your squad that feel it like that. Ironically, on that occasion they beat Chelsea at home - and kicked off the bad run of form for the visitors which led to Lampard being sacked by the London club. "I thought we did that pretty well at Liverpool, other than the last bit, the last shot. Yes, that little bit of end product but that's absolutely normal, that will come naturally with the development and the way he works." His feeling for the club: to bring that across at such a young age is something pretty special. I've been in it many times as a player and now as a coach, and the only way I know is to work your way out of it and work hard." "It's great to see, I wish them very well in their careers and I've got absolute confidence they'll do great because of the way they are. "He's becoming more of a man, more of a leader with every game, with every day. "It means you understand their quality and how they play because I've worked with most of the players at close hand and seen the things they can do. "Great attitudes, both of them in their own ways, and I'm very pleased for them because I know how they are as lads. Of course, for Lampard the game holds extra significance, given all he achieved as a player for Chelsea and his season-and-a-half in charge. "We have to have real strong belief," he says.

The Toffees are in deep trouble with six games of the season remaining and slid into the bottom three with a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool last weekend.

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Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea will look to return to winning ways and solidify their place in third spot with a victory over Frank Lampard's Everton, who are in ...

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Fireworks were set off outside the Hilton hotel in Liverpool where the Chelsea squad have been staying ahead of their Premier League match with Everton.

Everton need results and they need to find them fast after relegation rivals Burnley recorded their third win on the spin on Saturday. Everton were beaten 2-0 in the Merseyside derby last Sunday at Anfield, but home form is going to be key if they are to fight their way out of being relegated for the first time in the history of the club. Fireworks were set off outside the Hilton hotel in the early hours of the morning in Liverpool where Chelsea were believed to be staying ahead of the vital clash with Everton in the Premier League at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.

Thomas Tuchel's side are in town to face the Toffees at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Sunday. But any hope of an early night for the Blues players ...

‘We need to keep that spirit because spirit in football is a huge thing. Thomas Tuchel's side are in Liverpool to face the Toffees at Goodison Park in the Premier League. - The Toffees are currently in the relegation zone with six games left to be played

Chelsea take on Everton today with club legend Frank Lampard in the opposite dugout but staring relegation in the face.

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Enjoying the Football League’s biggest average attendances for the first decade of the competition and from 1892 playing at Goodison Park, England’s first purpose-built football ground, Everton could justifiably claim to have this country’s oldest major fanbase and a century after they crossed Stanley Park to their long-time home now dubbed ‘The Grand Old Lady’, they were still one of the game’s elite. May 2, 1992 was the most-recent occasion that Everton contested three points in a non-Premier League match. Everton need results and they need to find them fast after relegation rivals Burnley recorded their third win on the spin on Saturday.

Both teams come into the contest at Goodison Park having not picked up three points in their last game.

"Everton were much improved against Liverpool last weekend, and did really well for the first 60 minutes or so. A draw won't be good enough for them, but they'll have to take what they can get. Therefore, a win is important for the west Londoners to solidify third place at this late stage and football.london rounds up how the pundits have seen this one going on Sunday afternoon. They played well against Liverpool, and they'll need to get a result this weekend. Frank Lampard's side, who put up a valiant fight in their 2-0 loss last time out in the Merseyside derby against Liverpool last weekend, wiill be desperate to get one over his beloved club for personal reasons. On the contrary, Chelsea are feeling a lot easier about themselves despite dropping two points in wasteful fashion midweek against Ralf Rangnick's stuttering Man United side.

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We’ve had a while to get used to the idea, yet it’s still hard to believe that Everton might be relegated. If Everton do drop into the Championship it will be the most shocking relegation in English football since Spurs in 1976-77. There’s an atmosphere of bristling defiance at Goodison Park, and you’d expect a ferocious start from the home side. “Hello from Pittsburgh!” writes Eric Peterson. “I’m a former sports radio announcer, so I’m a fan of not just the games but its many elite announcers. They can’t think like that today, even though Chelsea is literally the third toughest fixture they could face. For people of my age it’s not unusual to see Leeds, Newcastle or even Chelsea and Manchester City playing in the second tier. A week ago they went to Liverpool knowing that, all things being equal, they would lose. Most of us instinctively felt they belonged to a small group of clubs who were if not too good to go down then certainly too big to go down. Quality $hithousery from the Toffees’ fans.” Chelsea are unhappy because Havertz was fouled by Delph on the edge of the area just before that, but the referee Kevin Friend didn’t give the free-kik. 4 min Actually, Gordon and Gray are switching wings all the time. 8 min Mount whips a long-range shot just over the bar.

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19 mins: Azpilicueta and Richarlison compete for a loose ball which leaves the Chelsea man rolling around in pain, but no foul is given. A big shout from the fans behind the goal but the referee is unmoved. Mina hits the deck far too softly under pressure from Azpilicueta, with the ball gone too. Chelsea have the control, but haven’t done a lot with it. There isn’t much between the teams. 25 mins: A whopping 76 per cent of possession has gone for the away side, which is a pretty good summary of the opening 25 minutes.

Thomas Tuchel has made one change from the side that drew at Manchester United on Thursday.

The referee is Kevin Friend. That is in midfield where Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces N’Golo Kante who is not involved today having suffered an injury in the last match. Thomas Tuchel has made one change from the side that drew at Manchester United on Thursday.

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“This team has the mentality of Azpi, over years now. “To play now against him and Everton is also big. •2h ago •1h ago •1h ago •2h ago •1h ago Antonio Rudiger is already on his way out, and close to agreeing terms with Real Madrid, but could other players follow the German and depart for pastures new? Does Lampard have what it takes to drag the Toffees away from danger and guide them towards retaining their top-flight status? Now it is up to us to give them something back." His shot grazes the top of the net as it goes out for a goal-kick. He told the club's channels: "It is amazing, it is incredible support.

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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 6 mins: After several misplaced passes, it’s Arsenal who bed down into a sustained period of possession. Elneny is stamped on by Zouma and that’s a painful one for the Arsenal midfielder. Mike Dean then blows for a foul on the keeper. Lampard needed to wait through seven minutes of additional time but the Toffees held on to claim a vital victory to boost their survival hopes. The England goalkeeper somehow kept the ball out as he scrambled across his goalline to reach Antonio Rudiger’s shot from close range.

Fabian Delph and Yerry Mina return to Everton's starting XI, as Frank Lampard makes two changes for Sunday's Premier League clash with Chelsea.

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Stan Collymore has backed Everton to avoid defeat when they welcome Frank Lampard's former club Chelsea to Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon.

Chelsea’s lack of pressure means they could have a stroll in the park on Merseyside while we do expect some of our bigger-named players to buckle. Everton cannot afford to get anything but a win against Chelsea on Sunday and luckily, as Collymore said, Thomas Tuchel’s men don’t really have anything to play for. And in the first of those games in hand, Collymore is backing Everton to get a 1-1 draw against Chelsea.

Everton kept alive their hopes of Premier League survival by beating Chelsea 1-0 on Sunday as Tottenham leapfrogged London rivals Arsenal into the top four ...

Norwich were relegated on a day of drama at the bottom end and Watford look certain to join them after Burnley grabbed two late goals to win at Vicarage Road. But Mikel Arteta's side still have to face Spurs on May 12 in a potential winner-takes-all game in the effort to reach the top four. After a goalless first half in which Everton had the better of the play, the hosts made the crucial breakthrough just after the restart.

Everton are slipping towards relegation, and the Toffees could struggle to transfer away some of their biggest names if this morbid dream becomes a reality.

It would be an understatement to say that Alex Iwobi is a player who divides opinion amongst Everton fans, especially this season. With one of the highest wage bills in the Premier League, Everton going down will be a huge financial disaster for the club, and in this feature, we look at seven players the Merseyside club will struggle to offload if they are relegated to the Championship. With Burnley continuing to win and Frank Lampard struggling for results, the Toffees face the very real and dangerous possibility of dropping down to the second-tier for the first time in decades, and the outcome could be disastrous for the club.

Richarlison's 46th-minute goal brought Everton a fourth successive Premier League win over Chelsea at Goodison Park in what was a must-win fixture given ...

The intent was there from Gordon, Richarlison and Demarai Gray but not the support of defensive-minded teammates to unsettle Thiago Silva or Antonio Rüdiger. Something had to give for Everton to claim the goal they desperately needed. A Chelsea response was inevitable and Pickford performed heroics to keep them at bay when it came. Everton’s crucial moment stemmed from a throw-in by Alex Iwobi a minute after the restart. Jorginho and Ruben Loftus-Cheek regularly passed through midfield and yet, for all the space and promising positions that Mason Mount found, Pickford was rarely troubled in the first half. The question was how those with the greatest influence on the club’s Premier League status would respond. But Frank Lampard’s team could take it and Everton’s refusal to go quietly ensured they remain in charge of their precious, precarious Premier League destiny.

Richarlison's goal and Jordan Pickford's heroics ensure Toffees keep fate in their own hands in front of a rocking Goodison Park.

“It was an important moment to talk about the reality of the situation. “I mentioned it briefly to the players,” Lampard said. Jordan Pickford flung himself at a point-blank shot from Antonio Rüdiger and took it full in the face. Two minutes after the restart, Richarlison snatched the lead and had Vitalii Mykolenko shown slightly more composure when the goal gaped moments later, Goodison might not have bitten its collective fingernails to the quick. It was epitomised by Mount hauling down Yerry Mina and then pushing him over, sparking a brawl that saw Pickford come running into the Chelsea half and three players booked. Everton, defending with poise and passion, dug their fingertips into the advantage Richarlison had given them and did not let go. There were touches of skill that saw Kai Havertz and Mason Mount glide the ball between them but mostly it was physical and uncompromising. As they had in last Sunday’s Merseyside derby, Everton came out ready to mix it, though they carried more of an attacking force than they had at Anfield. Once more, they reached the interval goalless. With their backs jammed against a wall, this was a display worthy of the grand old teams of the past. The coach carrying Lampard and his team nosed its way along Goodison Road, wreathed in blue smoke. Some Everton fans had attempted to disrupt Chelsea’s preparations by setting off fireworks outside the team hotel. Not since Aston Villa went down in 1987, five years after becoming champions of Europe, would English football have had a bigger casualty.