Newcastle And Chelsea clashed this Saturday 21 at Saint-James Parkin a match valid for the 17th round of the Premier League. Nick Woltemade even scored two goals and opened the 2-0 for the home team, but Reece James And Jean-Pedro scored for the visitors and secured a 2-2 draw.
As a result, the team Eddie Howe reached 23 points and appears in 11th place in the ranking. The team led by Enzo Maresca has 29 points and occupies fourth place in the English championship.
Now Newcastle are preparing for the clash against Manchester Unitedaway, next Friday 26, at 5 p.m. (Brasilia time), in the Premier League. Chelsea receives the Villa Aston on Saturday 27, at 2:30 p.m., also in the English championship.
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The home side put pressure on from the opening whistle and opened the scoring after just 4 minutes, when Nick Woltemade capitalized on a rebound with the goalkeeper already beaten. Chelsea even tried to react in isolated plays with Garnacho and Pedro Neto, but struggled to create clear chances and suffered from errors when passing.
Newcastle’s superiority continued throughout the stage and the team scored again in the 19th minute, again with Woltemade, after a precise cross from Anthony Gordon. Despite slowing down in the final minutes, the home side closed in on the third goal, while Chelsea posed little threat.
The second half started with a different scenario. Chelsea came back more aggressive and quickly reduced the gap in the 4th minute, with a beautiful free kick from Reece James. Driven by the right moment, the London team began to dominate the actions, creating chances in sequence and obtaining the draw at 20, when João Pedro took advantage of a defensive error, finding himself face to face with Ramsdale and finished with the category
Chelsea continued to do better for a few minutes and almost turned around with Grenache And Pedro Netobut Ramsdale looked good. In the final minutes, Newcastle once again balanced their actions, creating good chances on the counter-attack, but without success.
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