4 hours ago Enzo Maresca's Chelsea worries justified as Everton pass audition in front of new owners

EVERTON 0-0 CHELSEA: It ended all square at Goodison Park at both Everton and Chelsea showed the good and the bad of their season during a hard-fought draw on Sunday

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5 hours ago Sean Dyche says Everton must ‘win games’ to keep his job under new owners

The goalless draw against Chelsea was watched by representatives of The Freidkin Group.

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5 hours ago Enzo Maresca tells Chelsea players they 'have to learn' after Everton draw stalls momentum

Chelsea frustrated in tricky conditions at Goodison Park

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6 hours ago Nicolas Jackson denied as Chelsea held to goalless draw against Everton

The Friedkin Group’s era at Everton started as Farhad Moshiri’s tenure ended, with a goalless draw against a London club with designs on the top of the Premier League, and a strengthening of Sean Dyche’s case for the stabilisation job that the new owners require. Chelsea missed the chance to go top of the Premier League as their eight-match winning run in all competitions came to a halt at Goodison Park.Enzo Maresca’s insistence that Chelsea lack the experience and pedigree for a sustained title challenge was given credence as his players toiled against a resolute Everton defence. Dyche’s side had the clearer opportunities and, despite failing to take any, departed the more satisfied team at the end of a momentous few days for the club. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer left in stitches over having to make Chelsea U

Not many pegged Chelsea to be title challengers this season, but their exceptional form under Enzo Maresca means Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer had to consider changing their minds

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38 hours ago With Mudryk’s positive a rarity, is football tackling drugs issue the right way? | Rob Draper

The game either lacks a big drugs problem or isn’t catching cheats – and has long struggled to bring prosecutionsWhether Mykhailo Mudryk is, ultimately, cleared or banned, he can count himself unlucky. The number of high-profile footballers embroiled in performance-enhancing drug scandals is tiny. Even fewer serve significant bans if found guilty.Mudryk is doubly unfortunate in that the Football Association runs a pretty good anti-doping programme compared with many of its counterparts and it was an FA test in October this year that resulted in what is known as an adverse analytical finding. Continue reading...

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