Newcastle v Chelsea - Match Report

Saturday 21st November - 12:30

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Chelsea may not have been at their best today but a professional performance from the players out on the pitch ensured that Frank Lampard’s side took all three points from St James Park to extend their unbeaten run to nine games in a row and go top of the league. Newcastle for..

the majority of the game lacked a threat up front and definitely missed the in-form Callum Wilson.

Newcastle came out of the blocks quickly and appeared to catch Chelsea by surprise a little. However, from then on, the game settled into the pattern of attack after attack from...

Chelsea. Karl Darlow was forced into a couple of fantastic saves early on from Werner and Abraham to keep the game at 0-0 but not for much longer. Only a minute after his save from Abraham some poor awareness from the Newcastle defenders allowed Chelsea to take a short corner...

that was eventually crossed in low by Mount and steered into his own net by Fernandez. This was exactly what Newcastle didn’t want as it meant they were going to have to come from behind to get anything from the game.

For the rest of the first half Chelsea chances kept...

coming and coming and kept being wasted. Most notably by Werner on the half hour mark who dragged his shot wide from only ten yards out. This pattern of chances coming and going continued into the second half with Lampard become increasingly frustrated on the touchline until...

the 65th minute. Werner picked up the ball just inside his own half and effortlessly glided past the Newcastle defenders and played a perfectly weighted through ball to Abraham who slid it past Darlow to double Chelsea’s lead. This seemed to kill any hope that Newcastle had of...

getting back into the game and they struggled to create anything in the last twenty five minutes apart from a Longstaff drive that cannoned of the crossbar. Mendy was rarely troubled in goal and has now got seven clean sheets in his nine games for Chelsea.

Overall, this was a...

team performance from Chelsea and one that Lampard and his coaching staff will be happy with and can now look ahead to the Rennes game on Tuesday night. On the other hand, Steve Bruce is left searching for answers. Newcastle need to find a way to create chances and score goals..

when Wilson isn’t playing else they face becoming too over reliant on him.

Final score: Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea

Man of the match: Ngolo Kante
Yet another professional performance from Kante as he prevented a lot of Newcastle attacks with his interceptions and tackles and...

helped out Chelsea with the transition between defence and attack.

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