Newcastle vs Chelsea LIVE: Guimaraes clinches win late on in crucial Premier League clash
Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson saw red as the visitors suffered a costly defeat
Newcastle closed in on a Champions League place as they battled past a 10-man Chelsea in a crucial Premier League clash.
Eddie Howe’s side, roared on by a home crowd in full voice, climbed up to third in the table with a vital 2-0 victory having begun the day level on points with their opponents. Sandro Tonali gave them a perfect start in the opening minutes before Bruno Guimaraes sealed the three points with a deflected strike late on.
The telling moment in the chase for a top-five place may have come from a Chelsea player, though, with Nicolas Jackson dismissed after a moment of madness. The striker looks set to miss the rest of the season through suspension after thrusting a forearm into the face of Sven Botman, with Enzo Maresca’s men toiling thereafter without a forward replacement on the bench. A meeting with Manchester United is followed by a trip to face Nottingham Forest on the final day for Chelsea with their Champions League chances now seemingly in real peril.
Follow all of the latest from the Premier League fixture in our live blog below:
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 23 minutes
A bit of fortune for Chelsea, a sketchy pass into midfield from Robert Sanchez unpunished with Bruno Guimaraes putting a little too much contact through the back of Romeo Lavia before dispossessing him.
That’s better, though, from the visitors - Nicolas Jackson, seldom sighted so far, earns a corner.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 21 minutes
Chelsea haven’t really got going yet. They are trying their best to hassle and harry Newcastle in forward areas, though haven’t managed to consistently do so without conceding free kicks.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 19 minutes
Poor from Alexander Isak! It’s a far from straightforward chance for the striker as he picks up the pieces after a free kick, but you’d expect a forward of his quality to do rather better than that. Chopped into the ground and simple for Robert Sanchez.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 18 minutes
Another Newcastle player hits the deck, Sven Botman caught uncomfortably by Moises Caicedo. After such a long lay-off with a protracted return from an ACL injury, let us hope the Dutchman can put a run of games together to the end of the season - this is not a serious ailment.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 16 minutes
Excellent defending from Trevoh Chalobah, seemingly burned by Alexander Isak initially yet bursting back to win a battle for a bouncing ball. The centre-half has been a real find in the last few weeks for Enzo Maresca.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 15 minutes
Newcastle’s system is allowing them to spring forward in great numbers each time they win a turnover of the ball. Jacob Murphy and Tino Livramento are both getting forward with regularity, while Sandro Tonali looks a threat breaking from midfield.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 13 minutes
There is serious energy about Newcastle today, getting the home crowd going. Moises Caicedo gets a good header in after the hosts work to the byline, Anthony Gordon disappointed as Harvey Barnes’s cross seems destined to meet him.
Bruno Guimaraes chests down cutely on the follow-up but can’t hit the target with a right-footed volley.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 11 minutes
Chelsea are clinging on a bit here. Tino Livramento is just squeezed out after a shooting chance briefly appears.
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea, 10 minutes
Newcastle break the shackles and get back into the Chelsea box, but Harvey Barnes - thankfully now moving much more freely - can’t burst his shot between blocking limbs.
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