Pedro Neto was signing autographs in the crowd before the final whistle had sounded, but he and Chelsea had already ensured the hard work was done. Points on the road up north were in the bag, at long, long last.
On the face of it, there was nothing particularly extraordinary about a 2-0 win at Everton secured through goals by Neto 44 seconds after the interval and then a few seconds away from added time. However, this was a victory so rare perhaps Xabi Alonso and his team won’t even appreciate its significance.
