Premier League: Maurizio Sarri runs out of words as Chelsea go down to Everton
Football | March 18, 2019 9:30 ISTEverton scored two second-half goals to beat Chelsea 2-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday in the Premier League.
Everton scored two second-half goals to beat Chelsea 2-0 at Goodison Park on Sunday in the Premier League.
Manchester City is a point ahead of Liverpool thanks to its 1-0 win at Bournemouth on Saturday and Juergen Klopp's side being held 0-0 by Everton on Sunday.
Aymeric Laporte and Gabriel Jesus scored for Manchester City during injury time in either half as the visitors went above Liverpool on goal difference.
Chelsea returned to fourth place ahead of Arsenal playing at defending champion Manchester City on Sunday.
The former England striker slotted a low finish past goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and celebrated his 58th-minute goal with a somersault.
England captain Harry Kane returned to Tottenham's starting lineup and scored two goals at Goodison Park as Son, Deli Alli and Christian Eriksson crushed the Toffees.
Klopp said immediately after the Merseyside derby that he regretted his actions and had apologized to Everton manager Marco Silva.
The 1-0 win over Everton kept Liverpool within two points of Manchester City after 14 games in the Premier League.
Everton admitted to offering inducements to seven young players, and their families, in a bid to encourage them to register with the club.
The duo join forward Richarlison, Bernard and full-back Lucas Digne as high-profile arrivals at Everton during the transfer window.
Digne was the back-up left back to Jordi Alba at Barcelona for the last two seasons, having previously played for Paris Saint-Germain and on loan at Roma.
Rooney follows the lead of Ibrahimovic and retired countryman David Beckham by leaving Europe for MLS later in their careers.
The club announced Allardyce's departure on Wednesday, three days after the end of the league season.
A victory for City would have seen them champions, but Mourinho's red devils managed to halt their celebrations for a while, winning the derby 3-2.
Walcott, whose contract runs through to the end of June 2021, is the second high-profile signing by Everton in the January transfer window, after Turkey striker - Cenk Tosun.
The England striker moved onto 98 goals, surpassing the previous mark of 97 set by Teddy Sheringham, thanks to two tap-ins at Wembley Stadium.
The Everton outcast was supposed to join Chelsea in the summer transfer window but it was then manager Ronald Koeman who decided to keep the midfielder from being sold.
Having already beaten Liverpool 5-0 and overwhelmed Chelsea in a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge, City came to Old Trafford to play the other member of the current top four and had 65 percent possession and almost twice the number of shots.
Everton still hasn't won at the home of its fiercest rival since 1999 but will be more than happy to take a point from a match in which it was forced to defend for large periods.
After a frustrating and fruitless five-week search for a replacement, the Merseyside club accepted that the former England coach was the best solution for its current troubles.
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