View from the stands by Simon Ryan Everton supporter, Daily Post
TWELVE games into the season and Everton lose their impressive unbeaten away record and miss the chance to go joint top of the league.
The defeat comes from a team where almost every player is 'worth' more than our whole team put together, a team of superstars and a team who are now top of the league.
Therefore, we must not feel too disappointed, but we are because that's how far Everton have come this season.
The general feeling was that we could get a result at Stamford Bridge and that's what Moyes sent out his team to do.
After a great start to the game Chelsea dominated possession and Everton put 10 men behind the ball for the majority of the game.
This tactic seemed to be working and, apart from a Gudjohnsen miss, Chelsea were restricted to long-range efforts.
When Everton did get the ball they played some good football with Cahill in particular showing he can mix it with the big boys.
At 0-0 Everton had two great chances to snatch a goal against the run of play through Cahill and Stubbs.
If Everton are to remain at the top end of the league then chances like that must be taken. The top teams don't give you many chances.
Although disappointed with the result the players actually performed well, especially the full-backs. Faced with potentially two of the trickiest and fastest wingers in the league they defended well.
Hibbert's distribution was much better and Pistone was missing some of the slack play that normally blights his performances. Maybe it's time to make a slight change and bring back Yobo as his pace is one thing the centre-back pairing are missing.
Overall, Everton played well but when you go to Chelsea you can't expect to see much of the ball.
What we must do now is take encouragement from this performance and bounce back with a win at Birmingham.
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