Everton achieve astonishing feat as Chelsea draw as Sean Dyche praises 'new school' defense

Everton have become the surprise statistical leaders across Europe thanks to their draw at home against Chelsea.

the candies They drew 0-0 with the Blues at a wet and windy Goodison Park on Sunday to extend their unbeaten run to three games.

Robert Sanchez put in a great performance in the Chelsea net to deny Everton, with a close-range save against Jack Harrison the highlight.

However, Jordan Pickford also did his part to ensure that the locals did not give in in the difficult conditions.

Everton's clean sheet is their seventh in the Premier League since the beginning of October.

This is the most any club can achieve in Europe's top five leagues, including LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.

It is also Everton's fifth clean sheet in their last six league games, with the only outlier being a 4-0 defeat to Manchester United.

Then the Toffees boss Sean Dyche He dismissed the feeling that his team played an “old school” style of football to get the draw.

“There's no old school there, it's a new school defending like that,” he told talkSPORT.

“Breaking the passing lines, breaking the attacks, it cannot be done now with the old ways, it has to be done with the modern tactical side and defending in our way, working and being diligent in our way.

“I'm very pleased with that again after a good performance at Arsenal from that side of things, and today we opened ourselves up a bit more and found opportunities.

“It would have been difficult for them, I think, if we had stolen it, but we could have stolen it, that can happen, and equally it probably would have been difficult for us if they had stolen it. So I think in the end, one point is enough to both teams today.”

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Dyche added: “We have formed a way of working, sometimes it has worked for us. At the beginning of the season, we lost those habits, we had to remind the players of good habits and now we have lost two of 12.

“A lot of draws but also clean sheets, seven out of ten, I mean, they are good scores, they are good signs, it is not easy to do that in the Premier League.

“So a lot of what I'm seeing, certainly the will, the desire and the effort of the players, is intact. Now can we take it on again and then find that openness to our game and that cutting edge in our game?

“But against these teams it's not easy, you know, they also defend well. It's not just about keeping the ball, but they also defend well, so overall I'm satisfied with the change the players made again today.”

Everton are four points clear of the relegation zone and have risen to 15th place in the Premier League with their draw against Chelsea.

They also have a game in hand following the postponed Merseyside derby against Liverpool earlier this month.