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Chelsea (h) Premier League
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Date: Saturday 12th November 2022, 5.30pm Live on Sky Sports Venue: St. James' Park
Conditions: Magnificent |
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Newcastle |
Chelsea |
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1 - 0 |
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| Half time: | 0 - 0 | |
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(67) Willock |
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Teams |
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Pope |
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Mendy Koulibaly Chalobah Azpilicueta Loftus-Cheek Jorginho Kovacic Hall Gallagher Mount Broja |
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(76) Wilson for Wood (85) Murphy for Willock (87) Targett for Botman |
Sliva for Loftus-Cheek (7) Pulisic for Azpilicueta (46) Cucurella for Hall (73) Ziyech for Mount (73) Havertz for Broja (73) |
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Darlow Lascelles Shelvey Saint-Maximin Manquillo Anderson |
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Aubameyang Bettinelli Zakaria Hutchinson |
| Bookings: | ||
Trippier
Pope
Lascelles
S.Longstaff |
Koulibaly
Jorginho |
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| Dismissals: | ||
| None | None | |
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Referee:
Robert Jones - a first Toon game of the season for the
Merseyside-based whistler, last seen taking charge of our
3-3 home draw with Brentford in the Premier League almost a year
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Attendance: A sold out 52,264 including 3,000 away fans - whose last train to London left before the full time whistle sounded. That's the largest at SJP so far this season.
New efforts from Wor Flags displayed included this tribute to penalty-save Supremo Nick Pope.
The annual Remembrance Day ceremony saw military personnel take to the field for a rendition of The Last Post, accompanied by a mosaic effect poppy in the East Stand. Sadly though, some present failed to listen and greeted the start of a minute's silence by inappropriately starting to applaud.
Activists from "NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing" held a silent protest on Strawberry Place before and during the game, highlighting the plight of some prisoners currently held captive in Saudi Arabia.
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Goals |
Half time: Magpies 0 Blues 0
67 mins
Sven Botman switched
play from left to right, Kieran Trippier just in his own half when he headed it
over the approaching Mateo Kovacic and into the path of Joelinton. He took a
touch before hooking the ball forward to Miggy Almiron, overlapping down the
right beyond Lewis Hall.
His first touch was a cushioning header that cut Hall out, embarking on a
trademark run infield across the box with Kalidou Koulibaly making a vain
attempt to tackle him. Reaching halfway, Joe Willock then appeared to
whip the ball off his
toes with a gorgeous powerful side-footer into the top right hand corner of the
Gallowgate net giving Edouard Mendy no chance.
1-0
Full time: Magpies 1 Blues 0
We Said |
Eddie
Howe said:
"I thought a goal was there for us. There weren’t many clear-cut chances for either team. We felt it was going to be one moment and that moment of magic came from Joe Willock.
“We’re not looking to set out
markers. We’re very pleased with how we’ve dealt with tonight. We
executed our defensive game plan really well.
"We’ve put ourselves in a good position to hopefully kick on. The
break has probably come at a bad time for us. We’d like the games to
continue.
"There’s more to come from individuals within the team. There are exciting times ahead, but nothing is guaranteed in football. That’s why the work we do in this period is important.
"We’re just committed to every
game. We haven’t thought about any permutation or any consequence of
the games.
"We’ve just tried to win them and I think that’s the best way for us
to attack the second half of the season as well.”
On the closing stages of the second half and beyond:
"I was really pleased actually with how we managed the latter stages
of the game. I know it wasn't pure football. It was two teams
desperately trying to have opposite aims: we wanted to try and kill
the game and see the match out; they wanted the ball back in play.
"But I thought we did stand up for each other in a really respectful and strong way. That's what we need to do on the pitch. I've got no issue with that. I thought our players handled themselves really well. That's Premier League football. It's everything to these players and that showed."
They Said |
Graham Potter said:
"It didn't start well, losing Ruben (Loftus-Cheek) early. Azpi
(Cesar Azpilicueta) was
also struggling at half-time.
"First half there were too many unforced errors. When we had the ball we
lacked that last bit.
"Newcastle play with huge intensity, they're in a confident moment. You can
see the difference between the two teams in terms of the schedules.
"In terms of running power and intensity - that was a challenge for us. It
was a relatively tight game, to be honest, but Newcastle put you under
pressure.
"It was a tough match. We had to make changes because they were overrunning
us a bit. We added an extra body in midfield. We tried, but in the end we lacked the quality to get the goal we needed.
We need to do more.
"Eddie (Howe) is doing brilliantly. It's not nice for us, we have to
lick our wounds. We'll use the break to recharge.
"We're playing against a team that's in a really good moment and playing
with huge intensity. Whilst I thought the first half was relatively even,
they started the second half better than us and we had to adjust a little
bit. I thought we did that.
"Conor (Gallagher) had an opportunity. (Nick)
Pope made a good save, but then Newcastle scored. We had to push again. I
don't think we had too many unforced errors to maintain any real quality,
any real pressure, but credit to Newcastle.
"They're playing well, they're in a really good moment, and you can probably
see the difference between the schedules in terms of one game a week versus
the intense period we've had."
That latter quote caused some comment, given that Newcastle had played
three times in seven days. Across the season, this was Chelsea's 21st
competitive fixture since August 6th. During that time NUFC played 16.
Stats |
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2022/23 Won 1-0 Willock |
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Waffle |
Joe Willock's
memorable strike delighted a full house at St. James' Park on Saturday
night,
as Chelsea became the latest side to succumb to Eddie Howe's men - both
beaten and bullied.
United had lost their previous four games against the Blues without
scoring, but that unwanted run ended on 67 minutes when midfielder
Willock
took Miggy Almiron's pass and effortlessly curled his shot home at the Gallowgate
End.
Newcastle then held out through nearly nine minutes of added time
before celebrating a fifth consecutive Premier League victory,
guaranteeing third place until hostilities resume on
Boxing Day.
United took to the field with 10 of the 11 players that started the last
PL home game against Aston Villa; Chris Wood the sole change for Callum
Wilson, who was deemed fit enough to sit on the bench after illness and appeared for
the closing stages without incident.
The first half was a war of attrition, with chances in short supply -
Almiron's 16th minute volley narrowly clearing the bar and Chelsea
surviving a penalty shout late on, after Trevoh Chalobah blocked Dan Burn's left
wing cross.
Newcastle's ploy of continually pressing the visitors paid dividends
after the break, stealing possession on several occasions to the
evident delight of a crowd who were in feisty mode as a consequence
of the teatime start.
Almiron and Kieran Trippier combined well on 51 minutes to give Longstaff a sight of goal, but he couldn't keep his shot down as the
ball fell to him.
Largely a spectator until that point, Nick Pope was forced into action
after 65 minutes, diving full-length to his left to make a fine
fingertip stop and foil Conor Gallagher.
Within two minutes that save was even more vital; Joelinton sending Almiron scurrying across the edge of the box
and teeing up Willock to fire home.
Going behind and looking at a third successive PL defeat,
Graham Potter's side pushed forward in search of an equaliser but were
largely kept at bay save for a couple of set pieces - one of which saw
visiting goalkeeper Mendy momentarily stranded in the wrong half as
United counter-attacked.
An increasingly desperate conclusion saw Jamaal Lascelles
booked despite not being on the field, referee Robert Jones deciding
that he'd impeded the taking of a Chelsea throw-in while warming up.
Players, substitutes and staff from both sides had to be parted on the field
at full time, matters briefly threatening to get out of
hand. It's suggested that the taunting of Kai Havertz by Dan Burn
followed a deliberate elbow on him by the Chelsea player in the
last meeting of the sides. Let's hope so.
That rancour gave way to what have become familiar scenes of celebration
here; Howe and his squad rightly acclaimed by a raucous home
crowd after a display and result comparable to beating Arsenal here in May.
As the World Cup looms, United take a deserved breather lying
third, two points off Manchester City and eight points above
Liverpool. Unimaginable.
Time will tell whether we can pick up where we left off in six
weeks, but until then, maintaining our form to this point is cause for
both pride and optimism - with our record signing due back.
Even without Alexander Isak for the most part, this season has been
nothing short of miraculous so far.
Anything seems possible.
Biffa