Everton vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates as Jordan Pickford makes stunning save
LIVE – Updated at 15:25
Follow for live updates as Everton host Chelsea and Frank Lampard faces his former side at Goodison Park. Burnley’s dramatic comeback at Watford yesterday plunged Everton into deeper relegation trouble and has left Lampard’s team five points adrift of safety, so a first meeting with Chelsea as a manager therefore comes at a crucial time for the former Blues midfielder.
Everton have been relying on home form at Goodison Park and have picked up seven points from their last three matches in front of their own fans. They welcome a Chelsea side who are certain to finish third, but manager Thomas Tuchel will be demanding improvements from his side after they were wasteful in front of goal in Thursday’s 1-1 draw at Manchester United.
This afternoon’s match is also the first encounter between Lampard and Tuchel, the man who replaced him at Stamford Bridge when he was sacked as Chelsea manager after just 18 months last January. Defeat would be a bitter blow for Everton, who are running out of time to salvage their Premier League status. Follow live coverage of Everton vs Chelsea below, as well as goal updates from Tottenham vs Leicester.
Everton FC 1 - 0 Chelsea FC
Tottenham have doubled their lead against Leicester and it’s Son Heung-min with the goal. The points look relatively safe for Spurs in that one.
66 mins: Rudiger tries his luck from 25 yards out but it sails over the top. We know he can hit them, but not on this occasion.
65 mins: Nothing comes from the VAR check. He was jumping for the ball when it hit him on the shoulder/top of the arm.
Would have been incredibly harsh.
64 mins: Appeals for a handball on Reece James inside the Chelsea penalty area as he looked to control a cross from the