Newcastle Crushes Chelsea with Four Goals

Newcastle staged a remarkable second-half performance, disrupting Chelsea’s Premier League momentum with a convincing 4-1 victory at St James’ Park.

A first-half mistake by Jamaal Lascelles provided Raheem Sterling the opportunity to level the score with an impressive free-kick after Alexander Isak’s opening goal. However, the Newcastle captain redeemed himself with a powerful header, putting his team in the lead on the hour mark.

Taking advantage of Thiago Silva’s error on the day he became Chelsea’s oldest-ever outfield player at 39 years and 64 days, Joelinton capitalized to extend Newcastle’s lead.

In a stellar solo effort, Anthony Gordon sealed the emphatic win seven minutes from time, offering the perfect response to Newcastle’s 2-0 defeat at Bournemouth before the international break.

What makes this victory even more remarkable is that it was achieved without 13 senior players, with Joe Willock and Emil Krafth joining the injury list on the eve of the game. Head coach Eddie Howe must have derived immense satisfaction from this performance.

Despite the majority of the 52,227-strong crowd leaving with smiles on their faces, the lingering question remains about the lineup Howe will be able to field against Paris St Germain in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino, who witnessed his team score eight goals in their previous two games against Tottenham and Manchester City, observed a positive first half turn into chaos, culminating in full-back Reece James receiving his marching orders late on for two bookable offenses.