160. Everton 0–2 Chelsea | Grown Up

Chelsea grow up at Everton: a 2-0 win that ends the hosts’ unbeaten start and delivers a first league clean sheet in nine months.

Pedro Neto’s second-half brace takes the headlines, but the bigger story is a side that stands up to a physical away day and looks like men rather than boys.

Josh Acheampong has his best game in a Chelsea shirt, Jordan Henderson and Moises Caicedo hold the base, and Xabi Alonso’s three-week break looks to have tightened the defence.

Emi Martinez goes off after a clash of heads, with jaw surgery to follow, Mike Penders gets his chance, and Reece James is out for months.

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Chapters0:00 Grown up at last: Everton 0-2 Chelsea reaction2:30 Emi Martinez’s injury scare3:50 Mike Penders steps in5:00 Josh Acheampong comes of age7:00 Lacroix and Colwill: building a partnership8:30 Hato at left back10:00 Henderson and Caicedo run the base11:30 Palmer, Rogers and Joao Pedro: the work rate15:30 Pedro Neto, reborn17:30 Alonso’s three-week break19:00 Joe’s take: a serious Chelsea20:30 Martinez’s jaw surgery and the road back23:30 Penders: the big opportunity29:00 Reece James out for months31:30 Henderson, Tchaikovsky and the squad minutes problem

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Meet the HostsChris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who’ve been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

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