LIVERPOOL, England -- Forget defending their Premier League title, Chelsea are showing relegation form. Four points from five games is the type of return that might be expected of a newly promoted team making baby steps among the big boys. Not champions who swept all before them last season, and even less a Jose Mourinho team.
In a 3-1 defeat at Goodison, Chelsea were powerless to stop Everton's Steven Naismith scoring a perfect hat trick of header, right foot and left foot. Later, Mourinho's men saw Manchester City climb 11 points clear of them after a late winner at Crystal Palace.