Newcastle stuns Blues
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Newcastle United ended Chelsea’s run of six successive wins in all competitions when it scored an upset 2-0 victory over Jose Mourinho’s men in the English Premier League at St James’ Park on yesterday.
Newcastle won with second-half goals from Frenchmen Yoan Gouffran, who scored with a stooping header after 68 minutes, and Loic Remy who swept in a curler in the 88th.
Newcastle had won only once at home this season and Alan Pardew’s team was looking for a much-needed victory after its 1-2 defeat at Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby last weekend.
There was little to choose between the teams in a drab first half in the rain but Newcastle was the brighter side after the break and thoroughly deserved to take all three points.
Chelsea would have gone top of the table with a win, but Arsenal, on 22 points, can now extend its lead to five points if it beats Liverpool (20) at the Emirates in the late fixture
It was Chelsea’s second defeat of the campaign and its second consecutive loss away to Newcastle, while Mourinho has now gone four league games without victory at St James’ Park in his two spells as Chelsea coach.
Chelsea’s best chances of the first half both came from corners and fell to John Terry, who saw one header come back off the crossbar and another headed off the line by a stooping Davide Santon.
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