Abdoulaye Doucoure scored again before Lewis Dobbin grabbed his first goal for Everton. Sean Dyche’s side pulled further away from the relegation zone with a 2-0 win over a blunt Chelsea side at Goodison Park.
Doucoure is relishing his attacking role under Dyche and followed up his finish in Thursday’s win over Newcastle with another close-range conversion on Sunday after Robert Sanchez parried Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s shot. That’s six for the season now for the Malian, his best total in Everton colours.
Chelsea had piled on the pressure in search of an equaliser. Still, the excellent Vitaliy Mykolenko smiled with relish as Everton repeatedly saw off the attacks and Goodison roared at the final whistle which sealed a third Premier League win in a row.
Everton stay 17th but they’re now four points clear of the relegation zone – the same gap they’d have on a listless Chelsea had they not suffered their points deduction.
