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Chelsea fans would have hoped that, at least for the foreseeable future, they would not have to watch the complete horror show that was Chelsea’s loss to Newcastle United at the end of last month. But Chelsea supporters witnessed something quite similar at Goodison Park against Everton a little more than two weeks later.

They witnessed their squad losing to a team that was, for lack of a better word, more hungry and motivated. There were times in the first half of the St. James’ Park encounter that Chelsea fans would have been heartened by. The same might be said for Merseyside’s events.

A handful of the offensive guys appeared intelligent. The shape of the middle was promising. Seldom were they tested by the defenders. However, the second phase told an entirely different tale.

Whatever Sean Dyche told his Everton players at halftime was spot on because the Toffees, who appeared even more motivated than normal following their 10-point deduction less than a month ago, suddenly rose to the occasion and bullied Chelsea. Furthermore, it wasn’t especially hard to intimidate Chelsea.

As we all knew heading into the match, Everton is a very physical squad that requires a lot to overwhelm. But in the second half, Chelsea did not even try. The Toffees had much too much ease in controlling the course of the game.

Abdoulaye Doucoure’s goal early in the second half and Lewis Dobbin’s goal late in the game made sure Dyche’s team earned a well-earned three points. Following the match, Mauricio Pochettino made the difficult-to-agree claim that his team was superior than the other team.

Armando Broja was replaced by Jackson for the last 23 minutes of the game.

Additionally, angry admirers showered him with advice following the awful occurrences at the conclusion.

“Constantly fighting. “My friend, play football,” one said.