A comfortable victory over Everton secured our spot in the top four and saw Thomas Tuchel become the first coach to keep a clean sheet in all of his first five home games in the Premier League. premier league,chelsea,chelsea vs everton,chelsea highlights,chelsea fc,chelsea news,soccer,premier league highlights,premier league highlights today,nbc sports,ben godfrey,everton,everton;,everton highlights,kai havertz,havertz,kai havertz chelsea,kai havertz skills Our German head coach is yet to concede a goal at Stamford Bridge since arriving in January and remains unbeaten after a match in which Edouard Mendy was hardly tested. Chelsea scored a goal in each half to see off top-four rivals Everton and maintain Thomas Tuchel's unbeaten start as Blues boss. The hosts took the lead when Kai Havertz's shot took a big deflection off Toffees defender Ben Godfrey. England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made a fine save to deny Chelsea's Marcos Alonso and Havertz thought he had scored, but had handled the ball before finishing. However, the hosts doubled their lead through a Jorginho penalty after Pickford brought down the impressive Havertz. With 10 league games of the season left, Chelsea remain fourth and in the last Champions League qualifying spot, only three points behind third-placed Leicester and four adrift of Manchester United in second. Crucially, this victory takes the Blues four points clear of Everton in fifth and Carlo Ancelotti's side - who have a game in hand over Chelsea - will drop to sixth if West Ham avoid defeat against Leeds in Monday's late game. said he was "dreaming" of taking the Toffees into the Champions League. But this performance brought them back to reality and showed they will need further improvement if they are to break into the top four. They had to wait until first-half injury time before they could test home goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who saved a 25-yard low strike from Andre Gomes - the visitors' only shot on target. Richarlison, who had scored in Everton's past four games, had a good chance but, off balance and from a tight angle, could only shoot wide. England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin also had a quiet evening as the Blues kept a clean sheet for the ninth time in 11 matches under Tuchel. Everton never looked like getting back into the match and only a number of saves from Pickford, to keep out efforts from Timo Werner, Kurt Zouma, N'Golo Kante and Mason Mount, denied Chelsea a wider winning margin. A rare away loss for Everton this season - the stats Chelsea are unbeaten in their past 26 Premier League home games against Everton (won 15). Only against Spurs have the Blues had a longer unbeaten home run in top-flight history (27 from 1990-2016). have Everton had a longer winless away run in the top flight than they have at Chelsea. Tuchel have begun their Premier League managerial careers with a longer unbeaten run than Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel (currently played nine, won six, drawn three). ending their nine-game unbeaten run on the road in the competition. Tuchel has become the first manager in Premier League history to see his side keep a clean sheet in each of his first five home games in charge in the competition. Everton have scored 53 own goals in the Premier League, season with all of them coming from the penalty spot than Chelsea's Jorginho this term (six out of six). What's next? Chelsea face Leeds away on Saturday (12:30 GMT), then play the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at home against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, 17 March (20:00 GMT), followed by a home match versus Sheffield United in the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday, Please subscribe, like, share and comment. Thanks for watching.