Chelsea 3-2 Newcastle: Player ratings as Blues ease pressure on Pochettino with needed win
FROM STAMFORD BRIDGE - Chelsea returned to winning ways with a 3-2 victory at home to Newcastle United on Monday night. The Blues moved to within a point of the Premier League 's top half again by picking up all three at Stamford Bridge to close out Game week 28. Eddie Howe's side didn't make enough of the periods either side of half time when their hosts looked at sea and weren't able to bring the game back to within one goal until the final minutes. How the game unfolded Chelsea took the lead with only six minutes on the clock. Sven Botman's clearance fell straight to Cole Palmer on the edge of the box, and his rather tame effort was deftly flicked on by Nicolas Jackson and beyond a confounded Martin Dubravka. Newcastle's first real opportunity came just after the half-hour mark when Chelsea failed to deal with a long free-kick into the box, and Marc Cucurella had to get his body behind Anthony Gordon's drive. The visitors went closer to an equaliser when