Chelsea doesn't let go of the fight for the Top 4. Since the beginning of March, Maurizio Sarri's charges have been in a really good shape. After winning 2:0 against Tottenham at the end of February, Hazard and the company believed that not everything was lost this season. Confirmation of the high disposition of "The Blues" was their Thursday's promotion to the quarter-finals of the League of Europe. In two matches they smashed Dynamo Kyiv as much as 8:0! At Goodison Park, on the other hand, fans do not have the best moods. Marco Silva's charges play well below expectations this season and are only eleventh in the league table. Everyone was aware of the fact that it would be hard to get points in a match against Chelsea.

Squads:

Everton: Pickford- Digne, Mina, Keane, Coleman- Gomes (68' Schneiderlin), Gueye, Bernard (78' Walcott), Sigurdsson (86' Davies), Richarlison- Calvert-Lewin

Chelsea: Arrizabalaga- Alonso, Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta- Barkley (65' Loftus-Cheek), Jorginho (74' Hudson-Odoi), Kante- Hazard, Higuain (66' Giroud), Pedro

The guests immediately put a lot of pressure on their rivals and it was them who were leading the game. In the 7th minute Eden Hazard decided to shoot from a distance and was very close to scoring a goal. However, the ball hit by him hit the post. A minute later, a duel alone with Jordan Pickford lost to Gonzalo Higuain. Among some of the fans of "The Blues", Argentinean does not have a very good reputation:

The hosts had nothing to say in the first minutes. With time, however, Maurizio Sarri's charges left the tone and the pace of the game slowed down. As usual, the most active on the pitch was Gambling, but he could not threaten the opponent's goal himself. Pickford was Everton's most busy player in the first half and did his job very well. He descended to the cloakroom with a clean account.

Four minutes after the start of the second part of the meeting, Goodison Park went mad. The hosts made a corner throw and the ball hit directly on the head of one of Everton's players. Kepa Arrizabalaga took the hit football game in front of him, but after a while it landed in the net. Richarlison had no right to make a mistake from such a short distance.

The goal scored propelled the hosts to further attacks. Chelsea players had to defend themselves against further attacks from their rivals instead of starting to make up for their losses. They played more and more nervously and made simple mistakes in getting the ball out. Everton's players, seeing the awkwardness of the guests, did not intend to defend themselves. It paid off for them in the 71st minute. Once again he remembered Richarlison, who was fouled by Marcos Alonso in the penalty box and the judge had to dictate the penalty projection. Gylfi Sigurdsson approached the eleventh metre ball and failed to defeat goalkeeper Chelsea. After a while, however, the football came under his feet again and on the strike, Kepa couldn't do anything anymore. Such a result was certainly a big surprise.

The Giroud and Hudson-Odoi were not able to change the image of the game. The hosts gave away the football and waited calmly for the development of events. Gambling and the company had no idea how to break through the tightly set defensive of "The Toffees". During the five minutes, nothing interesting happened anymore and the final result of this competition was 2:0. Chelsea players, after the last few good performances, were quickly brought to the ground and greatly complicated their situation in the context of the fight for the Top 4.