Chelsea 0-0 Everton: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis, Premier League 2018/19

That was some battle!
That was some battle!

#3 The game sparkles into life after the break

Alonso played a huge role in Chelsea's attempts to score
Alonso played a huge role in Chelsea's attempts to score

Marcos Alonso's venomous volley was all that tested either goalkeeper in the first half, but from the start of the second period, we knew we were in for a cracker of a contest. In the very first play from Chelsea, Hazard whipped in an exquisite cross to Alvaro Morata, who mistimed it but found the target.

Jordan Pickford on that occasion though, was outstanding. Moments later, on the back of an intelligent exchange between Hazard and Willian, Morata failed to connect with a cross from the former.

By then, Chelsea could easily have been two up, had Morata converted both his opportunities. Post the hour mark, Alonso, who was bombarding deliveries and linking up play down the left flank, drilled another strike, beat Pickford but was denied by the frame of the goal.

Sigurdsson set Walcott free with a beautiful switch as well, but the former Arsenal winger's touch was abysmal. Both sides, especially Chelsea, looked far sharper in the second period.

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