Chelsea 2 Everton 0 result: Antonio Conte's press conference and live Premier League reaction

Champions coast past the Toffees
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Vaishali Bhardwaj27 August 2017

Alvaro Morata starred for Chelsea as the £58million signing scored a goal and set up Cesc Fabregas as the Premier League champions beat Everton 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.

Morata impressed for the Blues with a goal and an assist on his Stamford Bridge debut despite a 3-2 opening-day defeat to Burnley, and the Spanish striker posted a similar return against Ronald Koeman's Toffees on Sunday.

Antonio Conte's title holders looked much-improved on their return to the Bridge after receiving a much-needed boost with a 2-1 win at Tottenham last weekend, and Fabregas - restored to the starting XI after serving a one-match ban - got the ball rolling by finishing Morata's header with a well-timed volley after 26 minutes.

Morata then added his second goal of the season as he headed home Cesar Azpilicueta's cross six minutes before the interval, with Wayne Rooney and the Toffees unable to break down Conte's defence in the second half.

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Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Rudiger, Moses, Fabregas, Kante, Alonso, Pedro, Willian, Morata

Subs: Caballero, Bakayoko, Kenedy, Musonda, Batshuayi, Christensen, Tomori

Everton XI: Pickford, Keane, Williams, Jagielka, Holgate, Davies, Gueye, Baines, Rooney, Sigurdsson, Sandro

Subs: Lennon, Martina, Besic, Stekelenburg, Calvert-Lewin, Lookman, Kenny

Referee: Jonathan Moss (County Durham)