Chelsea 0-0 Everton: 3 Takeaways from the game

#2 Improved second half performance by Chelsea

Hazard impressed in the second half

Chelsea had an added incentive coming into the game with a possibility of going top of the league by the end of the weekend. However, from the outset, it didn't look like they played with any motivation. It was all low and slow for Maurizio Sarri's side as they failed to make any penetration inside the Everton penalty box with one shot on target in the entire half.

The halftime team talk must have done wonders for the players as they came out all guns blazing with Pickford pulling off an acrobatic save to deny Morata. The second half was all dominated by the Blues with Hazard running the show. Willian came close to score followed by a Marcus Alonso's low drive shot which hit the outside of the post.

Despite all the chances they created in the second half, it was not enough to win the game, but Sarri would be delighted with the way his team performed in the second half.