Chelsea vs Newcastle United 3-2: Premier League – as it happened
This page is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates as Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-2 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on Monday, March 11:
- Chelsea beat Newcastle United 3-2 at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
- Cole Palmer was the star of the show for the Blues with an assist for the first goal before scoring the second.
- Jacob Murphy gave Newcastle some late hope with a thunderbolt but overall, it was a solid performance from the Londoners.
- Chelsea are 11th in the table – one point behind Newcastle in 10th. But the Blues do have a game in hand.
- The Blues were without a win in their last two matches but are now unbeaten in their last four games.
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Goodbye for now
That’s it from our live coverage of Chelsea against Newcastle United in the Premier League.
The away side grew into the game but were always one step behind the Blues.
We’ll be back tomorrow with another live match as Arsenal attempt to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit in the Champions League.
We hope you can join us for that one and enjoyed the build-up and text commentary from this one.
That’s a wrap for now and, from me Kevin Hand, it’s goodbye.
It’s a massive three points for us’
Mauricio Pochettino gave his reaction to Sky Sports: “It’s a massive three points for us. We beat a very good team.
“We scored three goals and I’m very satisfied. I’m a little disappointed with how we conceded the goals – we could have had a little more maturity. Overall, I’m very happy.
“The players are going to fight to give the fans the best we can do. They need to realise, and we need to realise, we need to stay all together. They need to trust in us through our performance.”
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It’s been a tough period – tonight epitomised that’
Newcastle United manager admits his team weren’t good enough at Stamford Bridge.
“Strange game. Frustrating one for us because – we started well, really well,” he told Sky Sports.
“We conceded with their first attack and it was a high-scoring game with not many chances.
“It wasn’t a bad performance but it was inconsistent. It was more the goals we conceded. The first one was out of nothing.
“We didn’t defend situations well enough. It’s been a tough period and tonight epitomised that because there is a lot good.”
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4h ago(22:17 GMT)
‘There’s so much talent at Chelsea – the fans don’t see it’
Chelsea forward Cole Palmer says the result justified the hard work of a young side and the manager Mauricio Pochettino.
“There’s so much talent at Chelsea, the fans don’t see it, the media doesn’t see it,” he told Sky Sports after the match
“The manager works really hard with the players and even if it’s not next season, then the year after it will pay off. We are a young side.
“We’ve had some difficult results so to get three points is vital for us. We showed passion and courage to win the second balls.”
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4h ago(22:10 GMT)
Palmer stars again
Cole Palmer set up the first and scored the second for Chelsea.
The former has now netted in his last five starts at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer is embraced by Enzo Fernandez after scoring his side’s second goal of the match [Matthew Childs/Reuters} -
4h ago(21:59 GMT)
Full-time: Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle United
Newcastle can’t find another chance and Chelsea see out a big win to tighten up on the opponents, who are the team immediately above them.
Full-time: Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle United
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5h ago(21:55 GMT)
Six minutes of added time
Can Newcastle find one more chance?
Stamford Bridge is nervy now.
90+1 minutes: Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle United
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5h ago(21:54 GMT)
GOAL! Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle United
Jacob Murphy scores a stunner!
The forward finds some space on the right edge of the box and lets fly with a searing effort towards the top corner that beats the keeper at the near post.
The angle was against Murphy from 20 yards but the power in the shot was brutal.
90 minutes: Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle United
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