Angry Chelsea coach Carlo
Ancelotti labelled his side
"frightened'' after a shocking
second half display cost them
the chance to go back to the top of the Premier
League.
Chelsea looked to be on course for
three points thanks to Didier
Drogba's 42nd-minute penalty
but Everton substitute Jermaine Beckford headed an equaliser four
minutes from time.
The Blues have now won just once in their last six league games
and Ancelotti was clearly rattled by another sub-standard display
from the Double winners.
"I am disappointed and angry,'' Ancelotti said. "Not just
because of the result. We played good football in the first half
and the second half was totally different. We played the long ball.
We were a little bit scared. I didn't like this.
"We are working to play a particular kind of football and I
don't understand why we have changed it. We have to look at it and
I have to understand and change it. I don't think it is a problem
of concentration. Everybody knew it was a very important game for
us to move on from the difficult moment we are still in.
"We have to do better day-by-day on the training ground, in the
training sessions. We have to work harder than we are doing. This
is the way I know to move on in a difficult moment.
"The problem is on the pitch and we have to work to resolve
this. First half the spirit was good. I saw the players in focus
and concentrated with good tactical discipline. But in the second
half they were scared, afraid and played the long ball.
"We needed to play better from the back and in the second half,
it was the wrong way to play football. I am worried yes, because we
haven't won a lot of games. The second half was totally wrong. We
have to do better.''
Point blank: Everton's Jermaine Beckford (left)
heads in the equaliser past Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech
(right
Everton manager David
Moyes was unhappy with a
two-footed tackle by Chelsea full-back Branislav Ivanovic as well as a booking for Phil Neville.
Moyes accused Chelsea
winger Florent Malouda
of stamping on Neville but praised the response from his side
following last week's 4-1 home drubbing by West Brom.
The Everton defender's decision to get up immediately from the
altercation almost certainly saved the Chelsea winger from a
potential red card.
"I have got to say Phil Neville did fantastic,'' Moyes said.
"Malouda came in and stamped on him but Phil got up and ran away.
But a minute later one of their players went and got him booked for
nothing.
"It was disgusting. He helped keep Malouda on the pitch and a
second later one of their players goes down easy and gets Neville
booked. Ridiculous. But you need to have a look at Ivanovic's
tackle in the 31st minute as well and look where the referee
was.
"The second half we deserved the result. Chelsea had a few
chances but then you expect that. It was tough for us in the
first-half. The quality of our decisions in the final third
probably cost us winning the game. But the players responded really
well today. The players here tend to do that in the right
fashion.''
Chelsea's first half penalty was awarded after goalkeeper
Tim Howard brought down Nicolas Anelka but Moyes agreed with
referee Lee Probert that it didn't warrant a red card.
"The goalkeeper could not get out of the way,'' added Moyes. "If
it was me, I would want a penalty kick for it. But it definitely
was not a sending off.''
