Over the next week, football.london will be taking a look back at the key events at Stamford Bridge over an unforgettable 2022.
And so the season began. At Goodison Park, Chelsea struggled to an unconvincing, but important, victory over a well-organised Everton in a Saturday evening kick-off.
For Thomas Tuchel, it was a breaking of a five-year curse that saw the Blues fail to win at Everton since April of 2017 under Antonio Conte. Frank Lampard was naturally applauded and praised by the travelling Chelsea support after, with a first-half Jorginho penalty enough to secure the three points.
