Everton vs Chelsea Highlights Premier League: Jorginho penalty gives Chelsea win in opening match

Highlights of the Premier League match between Everton and Chelsea from Goodison Park.

Updated : Aug 07, 2022 16:40 IST

Everton’s Yerry Mina and Alex Iwobi in action with Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling.
Everton’s Yerry Mina and Alex Iwobi in action with Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling. | Photo Credit: REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Everton’s Yerry Mina and Alex Iwobi in action with Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling. | Photo Credit: REUTERS/Toby Melville

Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the Premier League match between Everton and Chelsea from Goodison Park.

Starting Lineups

Everton XI: Pickford (GK); Mina, Godfrey, Tarkowski; Patterson, Doucoure, Iwobi, Mykolenko; Gordon, Mcneil, Gray

Chelsea XI: Mendy (GK); Koulibaly, Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, James; Sterling, Mount; Havertz.

Chelsea, making its first appearance under new American owners, travels to Merseyside to face an Everton side that narrowly avoided relegation under former Blue’s skipper Frank Lampard.

Chelsea has made some strong additions to its squad this season signing Raheem Sterling from Manchester City, Kalidou Koulibaly from Napoli and Marc Cucurella from Brighton and Hove Albion.

Chelsea’s Number 9 curse

Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel said the No. 9 shirt had not been left available ahead of a potential signing, but because it was thought to be cursed after several players who wore it did not leave a mark at the London club, he said on Friday.

Lukaku was the last to wear the shirt after returning to Chelsea for a club-record fee of 97.5 million pounds ($117.69 million) but after one lacklustre season, he rejoined Serie A side Inter Milan, with whom he won the 2020-2021 scudetto.

Several forwards who wore the No. 9 shirt -- including Hernan Crespo, Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao, Gonzalo Higuain and Alvaro Morata -- failed to leave a mark at Chelsea despite their stellar track record.

"People tell me it's cursed... It's not the case that we leave it open for tactical reasons," Tuchel told reporters.

"Surprisingly, nobody wants to touch it. Everybody who is here longer than me tells me, 'ah, you know, he had the nine and he did not score and he had the nine and did also not score'," Tuchel added.

"So we now we have a moment where nobody wants to touch the number nine. I'm also superstitious, I can understand why players maybe don't touch it and have other preferences."

Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been linked with a move to Chelsea and the No. 9 shirt in the close season although Tuchel remained vague about another signing before the end of the transfer window.

"Maybe we bring one more player, maybe not... We have options but at the same time, we know how many games are coming. So let's see if we can still maybe sign a player," he added.

Tuchel expressed concerns on Friday that players could be affected in the months before and after the mid-season World Cup in Qatar, saying the emotions and demands of football's showpiece tournament could leave them drained.

Where can you watch the match?

The Everton vs Chelsea is being broadcasted in the Star Sports Network. Disney Hotstar is streaming the match online.

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