#FT: Newcastle United 4-1 Chelsea
Venue: St. James' Park
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Newcastle United
Nick Pope, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles (Paul Dummett), Valentino Livramento, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton , Lewis Miley, Alexander Isak (Matt Ritchie), Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón (Alex Murphy).
Subs: Loris Karius, Ben Parkinson, Amadou Diallo, Martin Dúbravka, Michael Ndiweni, Mark Gillespie.
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Chelsea
Robert Sánchez, Benoit Badiashile, Thiago Silva, Marc Cucurella, Reece James, Conor Gallagher (Mykhailo Mudryk), Enzo Fernández, Lesley Ugochukwu (Moisés Caicedo), Nicolas Jackson (Armando Broja), Raheem Sterling (Noni Madueke), Cole Palmer (Levi Colwill).
Subs: Ian Maatsen, Alex Matos, Axel Disasi, Djordje Petrovic.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
13' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Chelsea 0. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lewis Miley with a through ball.
22' Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41' Lesley Ugochukwu (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3' Joelinton (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
46' Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55' Reece James (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
59' Raheem Sterling (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
60' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Chelsea 1. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Gordon with a cross following a set piece situation.
61' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Chelsea 1. Joelinton (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
69' Substitution, Chelsea. Mykhailo Mudryk replaces Conor Gallagher.
69' Substitution, Chelsea. Armando Broja replaces Nicolas Jackson.
69' Substitution, Chelsea. Moisés Caicedo replaces Lesley Ugochukwu.
73' Second yellow card to Reece James (Chelsea) for a bad foul.
75' Substitution, Chelsea. Levi Colwill replaces Cole Palmer.
77' Marc Cucurella (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card.
81' Levi Colwill (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81' Substitution, Newcastle United. Matt Ritchie replaces Alexander Isak.
83' Goal! Newcastle United 4, Chelsea 1. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miguel Almirón with a through ball.
86' Substitution, Newcastle United. Paul Dummett replaces Jamaal Lascelles.
87' Substitution, Newcastle United. Alex Murphy replaces Miguel Almirón.
87' Substitution, Chelsea. Noni Madueke replaces Raheem Sterling.
A win, 2 draws, and a loss is still a lot better than I expected when vs Arsenal, Spurs, City, and Newcastle. In fact since the start of the season I'd say this is the first game where the opposition was 100% the better side. We looked disorganized, lacking ideas, could be the international break. First half was a lot better. This is the type of game where Chilwell would have shined, Cucurella is so bad at attacking the left side is barely used. I've noticed Reece's mental isn't really the best either, feels like he gets a pointless yellow every 2 games. A lot to learn from this game and hopefully Poch scalds the players for a lot of the errors today, looked amateur at points. If Newcastle play like this every week they'll finish top 3, really impressed by them in spite of the injuries
I was in the Leazes end and first time I've seen Cucurella in the flesh since I saw him play against us for Brighton a couple of years back where he looked decent.
He was shocking today. Everything came through our right hand side. Howe seemed to have positioned Miley between LB and CB and it threw Cucurella. He wasn't sure where to cover.
Mate I'm honestly still in disbelief of the transfer. I'll never get over it, not for a second was I convinced. 72m on a leftback after buying Chilwell for 50m, and with 2 promising left backs in Maatsen and Hall coming up. 72m is most teams best fucking player and we spent it on Cucurella, who we didn't even need. Any other position bar right back would have been better and made more sense. His best game for us unironically was probably against Brighton this season in the cup, he played right back and Brighton was resting some players I believe. I mean theres a decent player there, for 20-30m.
Hows Lewis Hall been? I saw all his minutes for Chelsea and I don't mean to fit into the overhyping stereotype but he was really one of our top players when played, including having 3 great games against Manchester City. He really deserved some assists in those games too, I would have really liked to see him stay and even play in midfield if needed, I think he has the skill set and physicality for it.
Hall is still finding his feet for us. Had 2 or 3 starts. Looked between ok and very good without being exceptional. Clear he's got the quality to go all the way to the top though.