EVERTON and Chelsea’s Premier League opener was halted after a medical emergency in the stands at Goodison Park.
The game was reaching the final five minutes of normal time before it was brought to a stop.
After around three minutes, the match resumed in Merseyside and TEN minutes was later added on.
The first-half saw EIGHT extra minutes after Ben Godfrey was stretchered off following an injury.
Everton later tweeted: “We can confirm Ben Godfrey has suffered a lower leg injury and has been taken to hospital.
“We’re all with you, @BenG0dfrey!”
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Astonishingly, the game was played for almost TWO HOURS, following nearly ten minutes of additional time in each half.
Despite the extended match, only Jorginho’s penalty before the break separated the two sides.
The problems keep mounting for Frank Lampard’s Toffees, after Godfrey’s gruesome leg injury while Yerry Mina also hobbled off.
Both Lampard and Thomsd Tuchel were far from pleased with their pre-season preparations across the pond this summer.
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For the Blues, a mixture of shocking results, gruelling travel and weather conditions and frustrating transfer window set-backs had Tuchel spitting feathers.
It culminated in the German’s brutal put-down of his players, admitting they were not ready for the start of the Premier League campaign and lacked physical and mental commitment.
Everton’s embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Minnesota, Richarlison’s £60m exit and then Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s renewed injury woe has also left Lampard pulling his hair out.
