The results of Newcastle vs Chelsea in the last round of Premier League on Sunday night at St James' Park, after the score 3-0. Chelsea fail to Champions League next season.
No need to mention how important this evening's game for Chelsea. They must win to qualify for next season's Champions League, provided that Liverpool play at the same hour lose to Brighton.
But it was Newcastle who went ahead through Dwight Gayle in the 23rd minute. One ball resulted from a home attack by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois but instead led to this Newcastle player, who gored him accurately and scored 1-0 for Newcastle excellence.
It should be said that the Chelsea players looked lethargic during this first half. It may be too heavy to win, while realizing that Liverpool they have to salvage to qualify for the Champions League could easily win over Brighton.
The statistics record may show it all. During the first half The Magpies had 11 goal chances, with four of them shots on target, four stretched. while Chelsea had no shots at goal at all, 0 shots on target, 0 also of target. Pathetic, Already thinking of summer vacation. Though the dominance of the ball quite balanced.
Ayoze Perez's second half added to Antonio Conte's squad with a goal of 59 minutes, before quickly adding another three minutes later. Not to mention half the second half, Chelsea have left behind three goals without reply!
And if we see the mastery of the ball, the visitors actually improved drastically in the second half with 73% of the dominance of the ball. But it was precisely the two counter-attacks the host managed to lead with a goal. Up to 67 minutes there were two shots on target from both teams in this round. Newcastle succeeded for both, Chelsea failed.
Early in the second half Olivier Giroud almost equalized the score for the Blues, but his header was saved by goalkeeper Dubravka. While two goals in a four minute interval for Newcastle occurred through Ayoze Perez.
The first was a low cross from Jonjo Shelvey, touched a little and turned into a 2-0 goal. After that again the freekick from Jonjo leads into the goal and after a bit of chaos, Perez finished him score became 3-0
After 2 minutes extra time, referee Martin Atkinson finally blew his long whistle. Newcastle vs Chelsea's results close with a final score of 3-0 to win Newcastle.