Newcastle injected life into their bid to safe European qualification with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Anthony Gordon’s first-half strike (18) proved to be the one aim of the sport as Newcastle produced a textbook away efficiency to seal what may very well be a significant three factors within the race for Europe.
Victory sees Eddie Howe’s facet transfer as much as ninth, six factors behind fifth-placed Chelsea with eight video games of the season remaining.
Chelsea dominated the ball for giant spells however might discover no means by Newcastle’s rock-solid defence. Substitute Liam Delap wasted a superb probability earlier than Reece James’ late free-kick thumped the publish as Chelsea suffered an eighth defeat of the season.
For Chelsea, with Man Utd dealing with Aston Villa, stay on Sky Sports activities on Tremendous Sunday, defeat represents a giant alternative missed within the race for Champions League qualification.
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