Chelsea 1-1 Everton: Jordan Pickford at his best to help earn a point for depleted Toffees

 Chelsea 1-1 Everton: Jordan Pickford at his best to help earn a point for depleted Toffees

Jordan Pickford featured as a much-exhausted Everton rejected their direction to a 1-1 draw with Chelsea, who lost more ground in the title race.

The England goalkeeper was called upon to make nine recoveries in a match where Chelsea had 23 shots on objective however just had a Mason Mount strike on 70 minutes to show for their predominance. That lead just kept going four minutes as Jarrad Branthwaite thumped home a heavenly Anthony Gordon set-piece to even out.

The draw leaves Chelsea four focuses behind Manchester City in third spot in the Premier League table.

It was a chivalrous presentation from the guests as Rafa Benitez's side showed up at Stamford Bridge with a demolished crew that was missing Richarlison, Demarai Gray, Salomon Rondon, Lucas Digne, Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Andros Townsend. Such were their determination issues, Benitez gave an introduction to 20-year-old Ellis Simms to lead the line.

In the mean time, Chelsea were missing Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner and Callum Hudson-Odoi later the threesome tried positive for Covid-19 as Thomas Tuchel could just name eight substitutes, including two goalkeepers.

How Pickford remained steadfast for persistent Toffees...

At the point when the Everton group news dropped, it illustrated a long, hard evening for the away side and Chelsea's beginning supported up that story.

Reece James walked through on objective however bursted wide before Mount terminated inches wide of Pickford's post and flicked an agreeable exertion directly at his England colleague. With only 11 minutes on the clock, Chelsea ought to have been 3-0 up. Nonetheless, Everton developed as the half wore on, showing extraordinary solidarity in protection and made Chelsea open them up with cunning play.