Everton 3-3

Independent:

John Terry's late goal denies Toffees famous win in enthralling game
Chelsea 3 Everton 3
Miguel Delaney Stamford Bridge

It was an ending to sum up a game, and a game to sum up these two teams’ seasons: gloriously entertaining but atrociously error-strewn.
John Terry scored in the last second of extended stoppage time with a remarkable back-heel, both to atone for his own goal which marked the first strike of the game and ensure Chelsea again came from behind against Everton to secure a draw.

The captain was clearly offside but that “major, major error” – as Roberto Martinez described the refereeing call – was in some way fitting given the mistake-riddled 97 minutes that had preceded it. It also meant the trend of the game continued, with defenders contributing more to goals than keeping them out, even if some of the attacking was superb.

All of it added up to a brilliant match, but still one which doesn’t bode well for these sides’ seasons. Martinez was fuming afterwards about the extra injury time and offside call. “Refereeing-wise, you cannot justify, you cannot explain that level,” he said. “The players are really down… the refereeing today wasn’t up to the level. It’s clear-cut. The player is offside.”

Guus Hiddink said: “Roberto is right”, adding: “It’s such a difficult game to analyse.”
If the match left many questions about the sides, it also left one about the game itself: how could it go from so dull in the first half to so exciting after the break.
The first 45 minutes were awful, with only one brilliant Kevin Mirallas spin elevating it.
Everton, however, elevated their game as, for almost 20 minutes after the interval, they were unplayable as they went into a 2-0 lead.

Chelsea struggled even to get close to Everton’s gloriously fluid midfield and that kind of movement undeniably led to Terry getting himself into such a twist for the opening goal. The source, though, was Romelu Lukaku’s strength as he rampaged over his old club’s pitch as if it was his own. The Belgian fed Ross Barkley after a powerful run, Barclay played in Leighton Baines for a thumping ball across the box, and Terry awkwardly tried to clear, only for the ball to hit his other leg and go in.
If there was an element of comedy about that, there was only quality to the second Everton goal seven minutes later. A fluid, bewitching move ended with Mirallas setting himself up with one touch in the box before driving past Thibaut Courtois with the second.

You could only wonder why Everton are not higher in the league – but the explanation was not long in coming.
The oddity with Everton is that they are possibly the best 20-minute team in the league, capable of sensational levels for brief periods. It is almost like Martinez’s seasons with Wigan have been condensed into individual matches, where his teams are capable of switching it on suddenly for concentrated periods of games rather than concentrated spells of the season.

And we saw the other side of Everton – the defensive disorder – around 20 minutes after half-time. Then Cesc Fabregas played a supreme ball forward, only for Phil Jagielka and his goalkeeper, Tim Howard, to try meekly to clear and present Diego Costa with an easy finish.

Fabregas was suddenly the one running the game and got his reward when Costa returned the favour, playing a pass back for the midfielder to strike the equaliser through a John Stones deflection.
Stamford Bridge erupted but, amazingly, there was more chaos to come. Funes Mori was allowed the most casual of finishes just yards from the Chelsea line on 90 minutes to make to 3-2 from a divine Gerard Deulofeu ball, only for Terry to turn the game on its head again by so inventively scoring the equaliser.

Everton turned to the linesman. There was no call, in what Martinez described as a “heart-breaking moment”. Hiddink was the opposite, praising Chelsea’s “ambition” and “a point gained”. Both clubs are likely to end the season frustrated.

Chelsea: (4-2-3-1) Courtois; Ivanovic, Zouma, Terry, Azpilicueta; Matic (Oscar, 55), Mikel; Willian, Fabregas, Pedro (Kenedy, 67); Costa (Rémy, 79).
Everton: (4-2-3-1) Howard; Oviedo (Funes Mori, 70), Stones, Jagielka, Baines; Besic, Barry; Lennon (Deulofeu, 80), Barkley, Mirallas (Pienaar, 79); Lukaku.
Referee: Michael Jones.
Man of the match: Fabregas (Chelsea).
Match rating: 9/10

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Telegraph:

Chelsea 3 Everton 3
John Terry atones for own goal with late, late equaliser
Blues skipper scores at both ends in a chaotic match at Stamford Bridge

By  Sam Wallace, Stamford Bridge

There were 97min 53 secs on the clock when John Terry ran from an offside position to guide the ball nimbly past Tim Howard with his heel, and jumped into the crowd to celebrate a late point against Everton in a game that had at times been, to put it mildly, a catastrophe for the defending champions.

Chelsea are, lest we forget, last season’s Premier League winners but there are only fleeting moments when you are reminded of that. The tenacity that saw them come back twice against Everton at home was one of those occasions but for all the sound and fury, they are still in 14th place and this was another two points dropped in their increasingly despairing drive to finish fourth.

It was, however, great entertainment. There were four goals in the space of 16 minutes in the second half, the first of them a Terry own goal that was a study in calamity. Having roared back to 2-2 with two goals of their own, Chelsea lost Diego Costa to a shin injury that necessitated a trip to hospital for a scan and then had to fight back again when substitute Ramiro Funes Mori scored in the first minute of injury-time.

Roberto Martinez described the performance of referee Mike Jones as “diabolic” for what he said was a “horrific” decision to allow Terry’s equaliser despite a clear offside, and for playing an extra 50 seconds on top of the allotted seven minutes time originally added on. The Everton manager claimed that he had overheard the fourth official, Craig Pawson, agreeing with the referee over his headset that time was up before the final goal.

“The fourth official made it clear it was time, before the ball was played into the box - no debate,” Martinez said. “Maybe the whole ground should see the time left on a big clock. But a player two yards offside in the box? That's unacceptable. It's a decision that should have been given offside. It doesn't come down to the interpretation of the referee. It's a heartbreaking moment for us. The referee wasn't up to the level today.”
The beneficiary of referee Roger East’s decision not to give Raheem Sterling a last-minute penalty against his side on Wednesday, Martinez blamed linesman Peter Kirkup for not spotting Terry’s offside. Guus Hiddink said that the celebrations following Funes Mori’s goal had gone on around a minute and that he had asked Pawson to take that into consideration.

Chelsea are still yet to lose in seven games under their new manager but they are not getting any closer to the Champions League places either. He has not given up hope yet but then he is being paid a lot of money by Roman Abramovich not to, and the Chelsea owner was in attendance again wearing his favourite matchday coat with the Champions League logo emblazoned on the front.

Hiddink has set his team a target of winning their home games at the very least but if Costa is injured then they will need to move quickly for a new striker. “We didn't do so [win in last two league games], so it's difficult,” Hiddink said. “We're using our decreasing number of games, it will be even more difficult.”

Asked whether Chelsea would make a new signing, Hiddink said: “Yes, if we want to. But, for the moment, we hope Diego comes out the hospital in good health and we go on as we are doing.”
Everton had the better chances in the first half and broke through five minutes after half-time. They worked the ball left from Ross Barkley to Aaron Lennon and onto Leighton Baines who crossed from the left whereupon Terry lunged, the ball bouncing off his right foot and onto his left knee before rolling in.

The second Everton goal, five minutes later, was a beauty. Again the ball was worked out to Baines and his cross was controlled with one touch by Kevin Mirallas who swivelled and beat Thibaut Courtois on the half-volley. Chelsea were back on familiar territory.
Running onto Cesc Fabregas’s long ball, Costa out-muscled Phil Jagielka and beat Tim Howard to score. Fabregas’s shot deflected in off Muhamed Besic for the equaliser. Costa seemed to get injured challenging Baines for the ball and, finding himself off the pitch, tried to surreptitiously roll back on to hold up play.

In the final, frantic stages Mirallas went through on goal but had his shot saved by Courtois. Then substitute Gerard Deulofeu curled a fine cross under the bar for Funes Mori to poke in at the back post. Still clearly nurturing the disquiet at his own goal, it was Terry who had the final say after headers from Branislav Ivanovic and Oscar put him through. A goal to remember but hardly a leap forward for Chelsea’s league season.

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Observer:

Chelsea’s John Terry grabs last-gasp equaliser to deny Everton in thriller
Chelsea 3 - 3 Everton

Dominic Fifield at Stamford Bridge

When the dust settles from this blistering contest it will be clearer just why neither of these sides is properly equipped at present to mount a coherent pursuit of the top four. Everton argued vehemently and justifiably they had only been denied a first win here in 22 years by an oversight from an assistant referee almost eight minutes into stoppage time, and Chelsea could point to the character and courage demonstrated by two unlikely if successful pursuits of parity. Their spirit is at least restored.

But, as entertaining as this all was, it was a chaotic mess of defensive errors and the latest draw in respective crawls from the division’s bottom half. Guus Hiddink has not lost a game in his second spell in interim charge, but more revealing is the reality he has won only once in the league to date. Everton would normally be celebrating the rewards squeezed from trips to Manchester City and Chelsea within a few days, but they have won only once in nine top-flight games. This was, in effect, a glorious frenzy played out in the obscurity of mid-table. These clubs are used to being more relevant.

Hiddink could barely disguise his frustration at the four points shed in successive home games, though it was Everton’s protests that screamed out loudest of all at the end. This match was just shy of its 98th minute, the official’s board having suggested a minimum of only seven, when the ball was launched one last time into the penalty area to be headed up and on first by Branislav Ivanovic and then by Oscar. John Terry, whose own goal had opened the scoring, was the wrong side of the visitors’ back-line when he conjured the backheel that flew beyond Tim Howard.

Roberto Martínez’s exasperation briefly centred upon the length of time that had been added on, Chelsea’s bench having appealed to the fourth official Craig Pawson for an extra minute to reflect Everton’s celebrations at edging 3-2 up after the board had been hoisted, but it quickly focused on the real error. “Anger, pure anger,” he offered as his overriding emotion before branding the mistake, by the assistant Peter Kirkup, “unacceptable” and the standard of refereeing “diabolical”.

His side had arguably benefited from the non-award of a penalty in the final minute at the Etihad in midweek, something the manager acknowledged in passing, but this still felt cruel. Not that it was unexpected: Bournemouth had claimed a similar 3-3 draw at Everton’s expense back in November in the 98th minute, while Stoke’s 4-3 success at Goodison Park a month later came in stoppage time. This is a recurring theme.

Perhaps, for once, it was better to bask in the frenzy into which this contest descended after a sterile opening period. Roman Abramovich, huddled in the corner of his private box up in the West stand, had been left idly fiddling with his mobile phone during that mind-numbing opening, yet the game erupted after the break. It was the visitors who forced the issue, exposing all those familiar frailties in a Chelsea backline who have already shipped more goals this term than they conceded over the entirety of their title-winning campaign. They laboured to deal with Romelu Lukaku’s brawn, and the invention of Ross Barkley, Aaron Lennon and Kevin Mirallas in midfield, with team-mates forever galloping upfield in support.

Leighton Baines supplied their first reward, benefiting from Lukaku’s rampaging run and Barkley’s slipped pass, with the left-back’s centre flicking from Terry’s right boot on to his left to dribble agonisingly beyond Thibaut Courtois. Barkley struck a post moments later though it should not have mattered.
When Baines was again allowed to deliver unchecked from the left, Mirallas collected, his first touch bypassing a disorientated Mikel John Obi, to spin and belt a second beyond his compatriot. The Belgian winger was excellent here, even if his failure to beat Courtois when clean through as full-time approached ended up feeling pivotal.

For a while Chelsea looked forlorn, a fifth home defeat looming large to suggest Hiddink had merely been papering over the cracks. Yet all it took to revive them was Cesc Fàbregas’s hopeful punt over Phil Jagielka, collected by Diego Costa on the sprint as Howard charged out of his goal, with the striker thumping the ball into an empty net. He returned the compliment at his team’s next foray forward, exchanging passes with Fàbregas before the midfielder’s shot flicked off John Stones to wrongfoot Howard.

Chelsea’s pursuit of a winner would be blunted by Costa’s departure for hospital with a shin injury that will have the management fretting over the days ahead. Yet their own defensive vulnerability remained. The game had already lurched into added time when Gerard Deulofeu’s corner was nodded back out to the flank by Willian. The delivery second time round arced sumptuously over Courtois and, as Chelsea dithered, Ramiro Funes Mori and Lukaku found themselves unmarked at the far post and eager to convert.

It was the defender who guided what he thought was the winner into the net, only for that combination of Terry and Kirkup to ruin Martínez’s afternoon. Life in mid-table can rarely have felt so breathtaking.

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Mail:

Chelsea 3-3 Everton: John Terry nets 98th minute equaliser to earn Blues a point in pulsating clash at Stamford Bridge

By Neil Ashton for The Mail on Sunday

When the fourth official told Roberto Martinez that the seven minutes of injury time had elapsed, Everton’s manager was entitled to think that his team were home and hosed.
Instead they were left frustrated and angry, questioning how referee Michael Jones allowed another 50 seconds or more to be played until John Terry's improvisation in the 98th minute. Martinez has a point.
Everton appeared to have this game won when substitute Ramiro Funes Mori arrived at the far post to connect with Gerard Deulofeu’s cross from the right in the 90th minute. Instead they feel cheated.

Jones played on, and on, and on, until Terry - who was standing in an offside position when Branislav Ivanovic and then Oscar helped the ball on - cheekily flicked his effort beyond Tim Howard.
‘For me our third goal was the victory, but when there are seven minutes of injury time and the last action happens 52 seconds after that, with Terry two yards offside, you can’t justify it at this level,’ claimed Martinez.

‘The fourth official made it clear that it was time, before the ball was played into the box - there is no debate. The player was also two yards offside in the box and that’s unacceptable.
‘It’s a decision that should have been given offside. It doesn’t come down to the interpretation of the referee - he just wasn’t up to the level. It’s heartbreaking, a major error which is difficult to take.’

Everton’s players were more than a little peeved, with the Premier League draw specialists wondering how the referee and his assistants could have got this so wrong. They had already been pegged back from a two-goal advantage when Funes Mori, on as a substitute in the second half, beat Thibaut Courtois at the far post in the 90th minute.
Even Guus Hiddink, an honourable and dignified man, accepted that Terry was offside when he scored the dramatic equaliser in front of the Matthew Harding Stand.

‘I can say now that Roberto is quite right,’ admitted Chelsea’s interim manager. ‘Why should I deny it? I have seen it. Oscar touched the ball and John was offside, even though he made a beautiful goal. Roberto is right.
‘Over 97 minutes was played, but they were celebrating their third goal in the corner and then we asked the fourth official to add one minute more.’
Their wish was granted, with the referee playing just enough time to extend Hiddink’s unbeaten run since he replaced Jose Mourinho as Chelsea’s interim manager to seven games.

The resistance is incredible, earning a point against the Premier League’s draw specialists after they had fallen two goals behind at the start of the second half.
Terry had scored an own goal in the 50th minute, beating Chelsea’s keeper when Leighton Baines crossed from the left after some neat approach work by Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley.
Kevin Mirallas put Everton 2-0 up in the 56th minute, controlling a pass from Baines with his left foot and lashing it beyond Courtois in the same movement. It was a peach of a strike.
It is then that a team with real designs and aspirations on the top four should have closed this game out, turning to the defensive minded players to get the job done.

Instead they allowed Chelsea to score twice within a minute when Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas finally raised their game to something acceptable in a Chelsea shirt.
Phil Jagielka, for all his experience, allowed the presence of Costa to rattle him, unsettling the Everton defender when the pair of them chased down a lofted pass by Fabregas.
Jagielka and Howard collided, allowing Costa to run on and roll the ball into the back of the net. It instantly changed the mood around the place.

Within 60 seconds they were level, with Fabregas and Costa combining on the edge of the area to set up Chelsea’s improbable equaliser. He ended the day in hospital, sent for a scan on his shin after a needless, reckless, foul on Baines. He only knows one way to play, and it is rarely within the rules.
It prompted a series of substitutions, but Everton were first to benefit via the combination of Deulofeu and Funes Mori in the final minute.
Deulofeu’s corner was cleared, but his second attempt was met at the far post by another Everton substitute to put Martinez’s team back in front.
It should have been enough, but Terry’s improvisation earned Chelsea an unlikely point. After that, it was down to Martinez to make his.

CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Courtois 6; Ivanovic 6, Zouma 6, Terry 7, Azpilicueta 5; Matic 4 (Oscar 55, 6), Mikel 6; Willian 7, Fabregas 7, Pedro 4 (Kennedy 66); Costa 6 (Remy 80, 6)
Subs not used: Begovic, Baba, Cahill, Loftus-Cheek
Scorers: Costa 64, Fabregas 66, Terry 90+8
Booked: Terry
EVERTON (4-3-3): Howard 7; Oviedo 6 (Funes Mori 71, 6), Stones 6, Jagielka 5, Baines 6; Barry 6, Besic 7; Lennon 7 (Deulofeu 80, 6), Barkley 7 (Pienaar 80, 6), Mirallas 8; Lukaku 7
Subs not used: Robles, Kone, Cleverley, Osman
Scorer: Terry (OG) 50, Mirallas 56, Funes Mori 90
Booked: Funes Mori
Referee: Mike Jones
Attendance: 41,633
Man of the match: Kevin Mirallas

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Mirror:
   
Chelsea 3-3 Everton: 5 things we learned as John Terry goes from villain to hero with late equaliser
  
By Adrian Kajumba
 
The Blues captain scored an early own goal but saved his side's blushes with a 98th minute goal to grab a draw against the Toffees

John Terry went from villain to hero to rescue a dramatic point for Chelsea.
The Blues captain made up for scoring an own goal by back-heeling in the equaliser in the eighth minute of added time.

Terry's own goal and a second from Kevin Mirallas at the start of the second half put Everton well on control.
But Chelsea hit back with two goals in three minutes just after the hour from Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas to salvage a draw.
Everton sub Ramiro Funes Mori then looked to have won the game for Everton when he turned in Gerard Deulofeu's cross just before the fourth official signalled seven minutes of added time.

But Terry had the final say when he turned in Oscar's flick on with virtually the last kick of the game.
Chelsea were relieved to salvage a draw but remain winless at home in the league under Guus Hiddink, having also been held to draws by Watford and West Brom.

Chelsea were still not at their best

Guus Hiddink is right - the threat of relegation is very real for Chelsea. Their comeback, first to draw level from 2-0 down and then from 3-2 behind suggested the Chelsea fighting spirit is still flickering.
But for the first hour they were awful at both ends, all over the place at the back and woefully short of ideas in attack. On numerous occasions a Chelsea player would have nobody to pass to as he ventured forward.

Having then hauled themselves level, their defending for Everton's third was awful as their entire Blues back-line simply stopped allowing sub Ramiro Funes Mori to put Everton back in front.
In the end Terry rescued a point with the last kick of the game. But they were lucky to earn a draw and this was another worrying display.

John Stones continues to impress
The Everton defender is a joy to watch. He has such faith his ability that nothing fazes him. He refuses to be rushed or panicked into any decision and often takes a touch, or two, when others would simply hoof the ball away.
In front of Roy Hodgson and against the side who courted him last summer Stones produced another composed and faultless performance to keep Diego Costa quiet.

Nemanja Matic's decline goes on
The Serbian's decline has been as surprising and alarming as pretty much any other Chelsea player since they won the title. Last year he was being hailed as the best holding midfielder in the league.
Today his season hit a new low. He was outfought and out-thought in midfield and was unsurprisingly hooked early.

Let's talk about Cesc
The partnership that served Chelsea so well last season is alive and kicking again. Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa combined for both goals as Chelsea hit back to earn a point.
Fabregas picked out Costa for the first with a delightful ball over the top and the roles were reversed for the equaliser two minutes later.

Gareth Barry is like a fine wine
The 34 year-old has still got it. Last week he outshone Yaya Toure in the Capital One Cup. Today he saw off Nemanja Matic, another of the league's so-called best central midfielders.
Barry just keeps things simple and his experience often takes him to the right place at the right time. And he does it all in effortless fashion, without ever really needing to break into a sprint and hare around the pitch.

Player ratings
Chelsea: Courtois 7; Ivanovic 6, Zouma 7, Terry 7, Azpilicueta 6; Mikel 6, Matic 4 (Oscar 55, 6); Willian 7, Fabregas 6, Pedro 6 (Kenedy 66, 5); Costa 8 (Remy 79, 5). Unused: Begovic, Baba, Cahill, Loftus-Cheek.

Everton: Howard 6; Oviedo 6 (Funes Mori 71, 7), Stones 7, Jagielka 6, Baines 8; Barry 8, Besic 7; Miralllas 7, Barkley 8 (Pienaar 80, 5), Lennon 5 (Deulofeu 80, 6); Lukaku 5. Unused: Robles, Kone, Cleverley, Osman,
MOM: Baines

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Express:

Chelsea 3 - Everton 3: John Terry injury time strike seals another draw for Guus Hiddink
JOHN TERRY scored seven minutes into injury time to save a point against Everton for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge

By Bruce Archer

It was Hiddink’s sixth game in the dugout since replacing Jose Mourinho and while he’s brought back a sense of serenity to Stamford Bridge the results have not yet been what they had hoped.
This was a scramble against all odds, first as they came back from two goals down to level and then again when Ramiro Funes Mori’s 90th minute goal was cancelled out by Terry after seven minutes of injury time.

This was another draw – Hiddink’s fourth in six games - and it came after Everton blew them away at the start of the second of the half.
John Terry scored an own goal and Kevin Mirallas hit a wonderful second.
But that irked the Chelsea side who – through Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas – struck back with plenty of time on the clock.
But Funes Mori thought he’d won it before Chelsea showed their character once more with Terry's late, late goal.
      
A cagey first half saw both sides miss decent chances but not create enough.
Willian had the first real effort after 15 minutes, beating the offside trap from Fabregas’ measured pass, but Tim Howard stood strong and pushed it over the bar.
Bryan Oviedo should have put Everton ahead just minutes later when he slipped one wide from the edge of the box with half the goal open.
There were chants of ‘Diego, Diego, Diego’ for Costa just weeks on from the boos and rat banners following the sacking of Jose Mourinho.
The Spain striker back in favour and the Portuguese all but forgotten on the terraces as Hiddink’s side get their season back on track.

But the Toffees started the second half with a bang and were two up in no time.
First a Terry own goal before Mirallas struck after a stunning spin in the penalty area.
Lukaku caused mayhem in the middle by driving through and sliding to Ross Barkley whose pass to Leighton Baines broke the Chelsea defensive line and the offside trap.
Baines then fired across the goal and Terry sent it in.
Ross Barkley should have doubled the lead when he smashed against the post shortly after but Mirallas did make it two five minutes later as he turned beautifully and fired beyond his national team-mate Courtois.

Fabregas nearly caught Howard out straight away with a spectacular back-heel that flicked up into the air but the American pushed it away for a corner.
Costa and then Fabregas then responded for Chelsea as they levelled it up.
Costa got on the end of a long ball and flicked it round Howard before finishing into an empty net.
Fabregas finished a neat one-two with Costa to draw the sides level after 66 minutes.
Mirallas could have made it three when he was played in one-on-one but his low effort was saved by Courtois and Costa couldn’t get enough on a cross from Kenedy to add to his tally.
But substitute Funes Mori scoerd at the back post on 90 minutes to seemingly win it for the Toffees until Terry stepped up with the last act of the game.

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Star:
 
Chelsea 3 Everton 3: John Terry saves the day for Guus Hiddink with late equaliser
JOHN TERRY rescued Chelsea in the EIGHTH minute of added time to slightly lift the gathering relegation clouds at Stamford Bridge.


By Paul Hetherington

The Chelsea skipper made up for an earlier own goal when he cleverly flicked the ball home from Oscar’s header.
Everton boss Roberto Martinez was understandably fuming that Terry was offside, calling the decision“diabolical”.
But that didn’t dilute the Chelsea euphoria – and relief – at the end of a sensational, six-goal second half.

Terry’s own goal and a Kevin Mirallas strike seemingly put Everton on course for their first league success in 21 attempts at The Bridge.
But Chelsea then hit back through goals from the inspirational Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas – his first in the league since April.
Everton, however, regained the lead in the 91st minute when sub Ramiro Funes Mori turned in Gerard Deulofeu’s cross.
But Chelsea still weren’t finished meaning interim boss Guus Hiddink is still unbeaten after seven matches in charge after a breathless finish.

Hiddink said: “I am very happy with the spirit, attitude and ambition of the team.
“We were up against a very good Everton team with a modern way of playing.
“I wasn’t happy with the goals we conceded but we had to overcome the setback of being 2-0 down, then another setback when Everton made it 3-2 after we had fought back. But at the end, we fought back again to get a draw.”
All of the second-half excitement had seemed most unlikely after a sterile opening 45 minutes.
Martinez even saw an attempt to throw the ball back on to the pitch go wrong, as it rebounded back to him off an advertising board.
Willian introduced the first postive moment with a rasping drive which Everton keeper Tim Howard turned over.
Everton’s first clear chance fell to full-back Bryan Oviedo but he dragged his shot wide from a good position.

Like most games, it needed a goal and Mirallas almost provided it with a superb turn to beat Kurt Zouma.
The Belgium winger’s shot was well struck but his international team - mate, Thibaut Courtois, made a fine save to rescue Chelsea.
It was after the break that the game finally sprang into life. In the 50th minute, Ross Barkley played the ball out to Leighton Baines on the left after good work from Gareth Barry and Romelu Lukaku.
Baines then delivered a fine cross and Terry, in attempting to clear, sliced the ball with his right foot on to his left knee and into the net.
Three minutes later, it could have been 2-0 but Barkley thumped his shot from a clever Mirallas pass against the post.
But Everton did score again in the 56th minute following another Baines cross.

This time he found Mirallas, who turned sharply before driving into the corner of the net with his left foot.
When Chelsea attempted to hit back quickly, Howard superbly kept out a Fabregas flick.
But in the 64th minute, Costa outmuscled Phil Jagielka from Fabregas’ long ball and walked the ball into the net.
And two minutes later, a neat flick by Costa – whose day ended with a trip to hospital for a scan on a shin injury – led to Fabregas shooting home, with the aid of a deflection off Muhamed Besic.
Chelsea needed a block by Courtois to prevent Mirallas scoring again for Everton, who had Oviedo carried off on a stretcher after a collision with Kenedy.
But the real drama was still to come, first with Everton’s 91st-minute goal before Terry’s last-gasp saver after a match extended by a long succession of injuries.