Beto’s Brace and Ndiaye’s Magic Leave Rosenior’s Chelsea in Tatters
By SCM SPORT REPORTER at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool
THE NEW stadium has a new hero, and his name is Beto. Everton didn’t just beat Chelsea yesterday; they dismantled them. In a ruthless display of power and clinical finishing, Sean Dyche’s men sent a shivering message to the Premier League with a 3-0 drubbing that leaves Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior facing a mounting crisis.
On a raucous afternoon at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, the Toffees sticky-trapped a billion-pound squad and made them look like Sunday League tourists.
The breakthrough came in the 33rd minute. James Garner, celebrating his first England call-up, showed exactly why the Three Lions came knocking with a slide-rule pass that split Chelsea’s center-backs like a wet paper bag. Beto didn’t need a second invitation, racing clear to dink a delightful finish over the despairing Robert Sanchez.
If Chelsea thought the half-time oranges would change the script, they were dead wrong. Despite the introduction of Alejandro Garnacho, the Blues (playing in white) looked ghost-like.
In the 62nd minute, the nightmare deepened. Idrissa Gueye pounced on a loose ball and fed Beto, who swivelled and fired a low drive that squirmed through the legs of Sanchez. It was a “look away now” moment for the Chelsea keeper, whose reputation took another battering on Merseyside.
The icing on the cake was pure Blue-sky thinking. In the 76th minute, Iliman Ndiaye took a flick from the unstoppable Beto, danced past a static defense, and curled a magnificent effort into the top-right corner. Three-nil. Game over. Job done.
While Everton’s attack grabbed the headlines, Jordan Pickford was the wall Chelsea couldn’t climb. The England No. 1 secured his 100th Everton clean sheet with two “how-did-he-do-that?” saves to deny Enzo Fernandez.
For Chelsea, it’s now four losses on the bounce. After their midweek Champions League humiliation against PSG, this was the last thing Rosenior needed. They had 64% of the ball but did precisely nothing with it.
As the Everton fans sang “Sacked in the morning” toward the Chelsea dugout, the Toffees climbed to seventh, just two points behind their demoralized opponents. On this evidence, the power shift in the race for Europe is well and truly underway.
