Chelsea vs Newcastle LIVE: Premier League result and final score after stunning Kai Havertz goal
Follow all the latest updates from the first game at Stamford Bridge since Roman Abramovich was sanctioned
A moment from Kai Havertz that displays why we keep coming back to football, in a match that offered so many reasons to stay away.
Procedure insists we must state the scoreline of this match at Stamford Bridge was a late 1-0 win for Chelsea over Newcastle United, but the real significance is not on the table or anything like this. It is what it means for the sport, and society. The wonder is how a fixture like this will be looked back on. What will its place in history be? There were many moments were it barely felt a football match at all, and not just because it was mostly a poor game.
It is difficult not to feel that, just at the point where the Premier League appears to have reached a peak in terms of financial power, this showcased the absolute worst of the sport. So much of it, put bluntly, was so depressing. Follow all the reaction from Chelsea vs Newcastle below and live coverage of Arsenal vs Leicester City:
Full time - Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
Havertz steals the points for the Blues in the last minute and ends Newcastle’s unbeaten run.
Points have been won in stoppage time at Elland Road too - Norwich’s late equaliser is rendered irrelevant as Joe Gelhardt nets in the 94th minute for Leeds.
Jacob Ramsey has pulled one back for Villa but they are 2-1 down to West Ham.
93’ - Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
Off the bar! Havertz streaks away down the right, beats his man and shoots - Dubravka gets fingertips to the ball and it bounces up and off the bar.
And that’s the last action as the final whistle goes! Three points in the end for Chelsea.
90’ - Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
Four minutes of stoppage time.
Newcastle bring on Dwight Gayle and Ryan Fraser, with Gayle going straight into the book for a foul.
Goals elsewhere - Norwich have a late, late equaliser at Leeds through Kenny McLean, 1-1 there, while Pablo Fornals has made it West Ham 2-0 Aston Villa.
89’ - Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle
GOAL! What a touch from Kai Havertz and this time it’s in!
A lofted pass finds him running in the far post and his control is just sublime, with the second touch a brilliant flick past the keeper and in.
Big question of whether he should be on the pitch, of course, but Chelsea lead!
88’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Schar nods an effort on-target but it’s easy for Mendy to gather. Perhaps should have done rather better.
Kovacic then gets a yellow for a trip in midfield. It’s all so scrappy, very uninspiring stuff. The ball then bounces Lukaku’s way in the area but he’s offside again. He has had no impact since coming on - just three touches on the ball in his half-hour on the pitch.
84’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle look pretty comfortable at dealing with Chelsea’s attacking threat, which is increasingly lacking in inspiration or speed.
Bad to worse for Everton as Jonjoe Kenny is sent-off - they still trail to Wolves.
81’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Final change and it’s Christian Pulisic on for Sarr as the Blues go for the points.
We’re into the final 10 now and Kante’s cross toward Lukaku is cleared. Nobody really in the box for the home side there other than the striker.
Kovacic then surges forward through midfield and is tripped by Guimaraes - yellow for him.
77’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
What a chance for Havertz! Chelsea’s first effort on target as he ghosts past Lascelles and heads straight at Dubravka. Really had to score.
Goal in east London - West Ham 1-0 Aston Villa as Andriy Yarmolenko hits the back of the net, having come on as sub for Michail Antonio earlier in the half.
74’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
The game in danger of winding toward a very uneventful close, if one of these sides don’t seriously up the tempo or risk level.
After all the off-pitch headlines there’s a case to make that they wouldn’t mind that, but it wouldn’t help Chelsea in terms of staying in the title race.
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