Neto Double Sinks Everton as Rogers Escapes Red — SkimNews
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- Pedro Neto scored both Chelsea goals in the 46th and 90th minutes, his first Premier League brace, sealing a 2-0 win at Everton that was the Merseyside club's first defeat of the season.
- Morgan Rogers escaped a red card in the 42nd minute after a studs-up challenge on James Garner despite being already booked; former referee Mike Dean called it "a straight red," saying "it's not a good tackle."
- Goalkeeper Emi Martinez was stretchered off in the 74th minute after a collision with Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite that left him receiving nearly nine minutes of treatment; he was replaced by 21-year-old Penders, Chelsea's youngest-ever Premier League goalkeeper.
- Chelsea kept their first Premier League clean sheet in nine months and moved to 13 points from seven games, climbing into the Champions League places and leapfrogging Everton in the table.
- Referee Paul Tierney produced five first-half yellow cards — the first time that had happened in a Premier League match since February — in a feisty opening period at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
- Everton managed just one shot on target after the restart and finished with six total shots, their lowest in a league game since last December, while Chelsea struck the bar through Moises Caicedo and had a header cleared off the line before half-time.
Why it matters: Chelsea leapfrog Everton into the Premier League's Champions League spots with 13 points from seven games, but the win carries real cost: their starting keeper is stretchered off with a serious-looking head injury, and the only goal threat was Neto. Tierney's failure to send off Rogers — a call Mike Dean branded "a straight red" — will dominate post-match debate more than the result itself.
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