{"id":17138,"date":"2020-10-03T13:51:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T17:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T14:22:32","slug":"everton-remain-top-after-defeating-seagulls-at-goodison-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138","title":{"rendered":"Everton Remain Top After Defeating Seagulls At Goodison Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2.55850322.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2.55850322.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2.55850322-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrated his first call-up to the England senior squad by scoring in his fourth successive Premier League match as Everton beat Brighton 4-2.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old netted his ninth goal of the season with a first-half header and paved the way for Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side to return to the top of the table for at least 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>But it was a less impressive afternoon for Calvert-Lewin\u2019s international team-mate Jordan Pickford, who flapped at Leandro Trossard\u2019s volley and allowed Neal Maupay to haul the Seagulls back on level terms.<\/p>\n<p>Pickford\u2019s blushes were spared by Yerry Mina\u2019s first Goodison Park goal six minutes later, then James Rodriguez scored twice after half-time before Yves Bissouma volleyed an injury-time consolation for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Chilwell scored one and set up another as he started his Chelsea career in style in a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a345million signing drilled home the opener after 50 minutes following a neat Tammy Abraham flick-on, then laid on the cross from which Kurt Zouma headed his side\u2019s second after 66 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Chilwell\u2019s accuracy from set-pieces caused below-par Palace problems from the start but there was some frustration from Frank Lampard\u2019s men that the ended the first half goalless.<\/p>\n<p>Kai Havertz and Timo Werner had their moments but ultimately it was the 23-year-old\u2019s intervention that sealed the home side\u2019s return to form.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham missed the chance to make it 3-0 but two Jorginho penalties within the space of four minutes late on gave Chelsea the emphatic win their performance deserved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-17138\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-17138\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-17138\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=17138\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrated his first call-up to the England senior squad by scoring in his fourth successive Premier League match as Everton beat Brighton 4-2. 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