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Follow live coverage as Liverpool travel to Fulham on the opening weekend of the 2022/23 Premier League season.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds came just one point and one place short of Manchester City in the title race last season and begin their battle to go one better this time around against the newly-promoted Cottagers on Saturday lunchtime.
Centre-back Ibrahima Konate has joined an injury list which already includes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (hamstring), Diogo Jota (thigh), Curtis Jones (calf), second-choice goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher (groin) and Kostas Tsimikas (knock), with Naby Keita also missing. For the hosts, Marco Silva includes headline summer arrival Joao Palhinha for his Premier League debut while last year’s Championship top scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic will hope to pick up where he left off as they bid to avoid the drop.
Follow all the latest updates from Craven Cottage:
HT Everton 0-1 Chelsea
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:33
Half-time: Everton 0-1 Chelsea
45+9 mins: Chelsea head into the break with a slender lead. Everton have lost Ben Godfrey to injury but have looked solid before Abdoulaye Doucoure’s poor challenge on Ben Chilwell.
What does the second half have in store?
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:27
GOAL! Everton 0-1 Chelsea (45+9, Jorginho)⚽️
45+9 mins: Jorginho sends Jordan Pickford the wrong way and puts Chelsea in front on the stroke of half-time. He tucks the spot-kick right into the bottom left corner.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:25
Penalty to Chelsea!
45+7 mins: Clumsy from Doucoure who has his arms over Ben Chilwell as the wingback drives into the box. Chilwell hits the deck and VAR doesn’t overturn the decision.
Jorginho will take the penalty for Chelsea.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:24
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
45+6 mins: Sterling looks to shift the ball away from Tarkowski and slips as he tries to spin around the defender. He goes down and the referee awards Chelsea a free kick in the middle of the pitch leaving Tarkowski with a bemused look on his face.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:23
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
45+3 mins: Another Chelsea corner is whipped in but this time from the right side. The initial ball is headed out to Reece James who toe pokes a shot back towards goal and wins another corner when the ball is blocked behind.
Can Everton get into the break on level terms?
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:20
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
45 mins: Eight minutes of added time still to play in the first half due to the injury to Ben Godfrey earlier on. Still nothing to separate the sides.
Everton are giving it a good go.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:17
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
43 mins: Disallowed goal! Raheem Sterling is denied a goal on his Chelsea debut by the offside flag. Reece James plays the ball inside from the right wing and finds N’Golo Kante who shoots.
Jordan Pickford fumbles his save and knocks it back into the box for Sterling to guide home.
It’s a clear offside though and the goal is chalked off.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:15
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
41 mins: Raheem Sterling runs at Yerry Mina before the ball comes loose to Mason Mount on the edge of the box. He boots one at goal but James Tarkowski is in the way and blocks it.
The deflection sends the ball up the pitch where Everton look to counter quickly down the inside left channel. Thiago Silva is switched on though and cuts across to recover the ball with an interception.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:13
Everton 0-0 Chelsea
38 mins: Close! Anthony Gordon dribbles his way to the byline on the right side of Chelsea’s box and cuts the ball back into the middle for Abdoulaye Doucoure. Koulibaly and Kante combine to shut him out before the ball reaches him and the Blues clear the danger.
Encouraging stuff from Everton though.
Michael Jones6 August 2022 18:10