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:
70’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Into the final 20 minutes we go. Chalobah launches a cross towards Lukaku but it doesn’t reach him. He has only managed a single touch in his short spell on the pitch so far.
66’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Saint-Maximin comes on now as Newcastle make their move. Almiron is off.
More counter-attacking threat for the visitors, but will it lead to more chances on goal? We’ve only had one effort on target so far, from Almiron himself before half-time.
The Newcastle sub immediately gets on the ball but can’t wind his way past two defenders.
62’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Werner races through, rounds Dubravka and is taken down - would be a stonewall penalty but the offside flag goes up!
That is an escape at the other end after that earlier penalty shout down the far side.
A quick VAR check on the offside call, otherwise that will be a penalty...all fine and correct call though.
Chelsea subs: Lukaku and Kovacic on for Werner and Mount.
60’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Yellow now for Ziyech as a high boot catches his man on the edge of the Chelsea box. Tempers starting to flare up and the home supporters frustrated by the officiating call, but the bigger one might have been that potential Murphy penalty - it certainly looked a foul.
Chelsea clear the free-kick and then Werner somehow wins a foul off Targett.
56’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Werner runs in behind and he’s onside - but his touch is awful and it bounces off his thigh and through to the keeper. That was a decent opening.
Burn then defends well against Havertz, who makes another break across the defensive line.
Approaching the hour mark and suddenly Newcastle want a penalty - Murphy goes past Chalobah who has hold of his shirt and drags him down - corner says the ref!
52’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Very stop-start. A handball by Mount sends Tuchel wild on the touchline that the foul didn’t go his way. The subsequent free-kick is wasted when the offside flag goes up though.
At the other end, Dubravka claims a high ball with plenty of bodies in the box. Changes are needed it seems.
Goal at Goodison Park and it’s not for the home side - ex-Liverpool man Coady makes it Everton 0-1 Wolves.
48’ - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Yellow card for Murphy after he hauls down Ziyech. The free-kick delivery is poor from Mount though and it’s straight out for a goal kick.
No real spark to the home side’s performance just yet. Plenty of firepower on the bench though with the likes of Romelu Lukaku in particular there.
Second half - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Back underway! Let’s see who can threaten a little more to open the scoring in this half.
Premier League half-time scores
Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Everton 0-0 Wolves
Leeds 1-0 Norwich
Southampton 1-2 Watford
West Ham 0-0 Aston Villa
45' - Chelsea 0-0 Newcastle
Into two minutes of stoppage time at the Bridge.
Jorginho chops down his man and a free-kick almost results in the opener - Mendy saves from Almiron’s volley, then the second effort is sent into orbit.
And there’s the half-time whistle!
Southampton have pulled a goal back through Mohamed Elyounoussi right before the interval.
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