00:00So, Newcastle United suffer their second defeat in just over a week, their third defeat of
00:06the season after being beaten 2-1 here at Stamford Bridge by Chelsea. Goals from Nicholas
00:11Jackson and Cole Palmer either side of half-time won Chelsea the game in another disappointing
00:18game for Newcastle. Much like last week, I think the performance was certainly better
00:24last week, there's no arguing that. I think they were OK in time at spells this weekend.
00:29I think other than the first move, 15 minutes, they matched Chelsea pretty much all over
00:34the park, bar Cole Palmer, which we'll get on to. But yeah, I think Newcastle will be
00:38disappointed to go home without anything to show for their efforts. Anyhow, speaking after
00:43the game, he said he was happy with his side's performance, just disappointed in a couple
00:46of mistakes and failing to put the ball in the back of the net, you know, so it cost
00:51his side. And you can't really argue with that. They started off slowly, really slowly
00:55in fact. Arnburn got beat a couple of times by Nicholas Jackson halfway and that really
00:59sort of set the tone for the first 10 or so minutes. Chelsea scored through Cole Palmer,
01:02that was choked off by VAR. It was offside, very close, but it was offside. And that was
01:07a real wake-up call for Newcastle. And to be fair to them, they sort of regrouped after
01:11that. It maybe took sort of 5-10 minutes for whatever message was sent on at that point
01:14to get through with them. But they eventually did regroup. But they were hit with a blow
01:20when again, Palmer in the middle of the action sent a brilliant ball to Neto to be fair.
01:25He sort of unlocked the defence. Livermore may be caught out of position slightly. It
01:28would be harsh to blame him solely for that. But yes, you know, Neto was set through and
01:32he played it across to Nicholas Jackson. Jackson tapped home. 1-0 Chelsea and it was deserved
01:37certainly at that point for Chelsea to lead. As I said, they had that early goal and they
01:41were really on top of that. But Newcastle held in well and they equalised through Alexander.
01:46He's had the first goal from outfield for 7 hours or over 7 hours now by the time that
01:54tackle went in. Tino Liveromento pitted up on the right. He drove into midfield. A couple
01:58of nice balls into midfield. He eventually gave it to the ball venture, Lewis Hall. Lewis
02:04Hall's cross. He found Isak in the middle to tap home. He couldn't really ask for an
02:08easier chance. Although he'll get under that again a little bit later. And you know, you
02:12can say he hit the break 1-1 and he felt that that was maybe slightly fortunate for them.
02:16And maybe Chelsea just shaded the first half. But you couldn't begrudge the fact that they
02:19got that goal. And they definitely built themselves into that, into that half. They were definitely
02:23better come sort of the second half of the first half. But minutes after halftime, I'm
02:28not sure what message was sent in at the break, but Newcastle fell behind again. Again, Parma
02:33capitalised on a mistake from Alexander Isak. He lost the ball in midfield. Parma takes
02:38a couple of steps. Shoots into the near post. Nick Pope would be disappointed, I think,
02:41to get beat at his near post. And you know, Newcastle fell behind again and they had it
02:45all to do. They battled hard, as I said. You know, ruddled it a couple of times. Although
02:50Nick Pope didn't have too many big saves to make. Neto did hit the post with a header.
02:55A couple of people around me suggested Chelsea had battered Newcastle. I'm sure that was
03:01far from it, really. I think the stats were saying that Chelsea probably shaded it and
03:03maybe deserved the win. But certainly it wasn't a battering. But the big moment of the game
03:07for Newcastle in that second half was Alexander Isak. He was sent through. He rounded the
03:11keeper. 1-1. And Joe Linton and support, Sean Longstaff running in. And he just didn't get
03:17the ball out of his feet and find Joe Linton or Longstaff or any teammate. Chelsea clear
03:22and that was Newcastle's best chance. It was a real good chance for Newcastle. It was a
03:27shame that they couldn't do anything from that. That was the moment. Isak wouldn't have
03:31asked for a better opportunity than that. And that was really how the story of the game.
03:37Newcastle pushed for an equaliser but didn't really get any shots to test Sanchez. Chelsea
03:42awarded a very late penalty by Simon Hooper. That was quickly overruled by VAR. It was
03:47a strange day for the referee. He wasn't one of the best gamers. Not often that you get
03:52booed and jeered from both sets of fans but that's exactly what he did today. It was a
03:56soft penalty. He made a couple of different decisions, weird decisions I think, throughout
04:02the course of play. But VAR was there to do what it did. It choked off that chance for
04:08the first goal for half-side. It rightly told Simon Hooper to change, or certainly looking
04:13to monitor and change his decision for that penalty. It gave Newcastle's goal, which was
04:17very close to being offside. It was a given initially. The VAR check was very close. But
04:21ultimately that's all irrelevant. You can't really blame referees for losing the game
04:25that's already applied to them. Newcastle now face Chelsea in midweek. So just three
04:30days' time at St James' Park with their hopes of progressing in the Carabao Cup. It's probably
04:34their, well it's not their only chance of a trophy of course, but certainly their best
04:38chance of a trophy. They'll feel like whilst Chelsea is going to be a tough game, as we've
04:43seen today, they'll fancy their chances at home. Yeah, they have to bounce back. It's
04:47out five without a win for Newcastle. They have to go and get something against Chelsea.
04:51They have to win that game, no matter how they do it, because they've got Arsenal and
04:54Nottingham Forest to come before the next international break. The Premier League form
04:57has suffered. If they can get a win in the Carabao Cup, does it plaster over the cracks?
05:00Maybe. Maybe it does. Just do that a little bit. For right now, that's all they're attempting.
05:03It's just got to be focused on Tuesday, because as I said, defeated here against Chelsea 2-1
05:07in another disappointing Premier League result. Performance may be slightly encouraging, but
05:13yeah, it's not going to matter when the result is 2-1 to Chelsea. So, yeah, Newcastle United
05:18lose here the second week in a row against Chelsea 2-1, and face their Blues in just three
05:23days' time at St James' Park.
