Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-2

On a chilly Saturday evening at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea secured a hard-fought victory over Newcastle United with a thrilling 3-2 win. The match started off in favor of the home team, as Timo Werner opened the scoring with a clinical finish in the 10th minute. However, Newcastle quickly responded with two goals from Joelinton and Joe Willock to take the lead before half-time.

In the second half, Chelsea showed their resilience and determination as Kai Havertz equalized with a well-taken goal. The Blues continued to press forward and were rewarded when Mason Mount scored the winning goal in the 89th minute, sending the home crowd into raptures.

Chelsea eased some of the pressure on coach Mauricio Pochettino with a 3-2 home win over fellow mid-table side Newcastle United in the Premier League on Monday with Cole Palmer, the Blues' best player this season, creating one goal and scoring another.

In front of watching England manager Gareth Southgate, the 21-year-old Palmer pulled the strings in midfield for the London club.

Palmer ensured Pochettino's side responded in fine fashion in the second period, as he drove the ball home from the edge of the box just before the hour mark. Mudryk's moment of magic, as he skipped past two challenges and Martin Dubravka, gave us breathing space.

We still had to survive a nervy finish as Magpies substitute Jacob Murphy's screamer flew past Djordje Petrovic in the 90th minute. But the Blues saw out addition time without further drama to put ourselves back in the hunt for a European place.

Jacob Murphy lashed home a venomous shot to set up a nervy finale in west London, but Chelsea held on for a victory that sees them move to within a point of 10th-placed Newcastle and four adrift of the top seven.

Chelsea's only hope of silverware now lies in the FA Cup and they have a last-eight tie against second-tier Leicester City at home on Sunday. Newcastle must try to bounce back in time for their own quarterfinal -- a trip to Manchester City on Saturday.

Howe said he was frustrated that Newcastle were undone by sloppy defending.

"I thought we were good in lots of aspects of our play tonight," Howe said after the match. "You can't concede goals like that, home or away, and expect to win the game, simple as that."

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Sarah H

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