Chelsea News: One of the Newcastle owners was spotted outside Stamford Bridge ahead of the game on Sunday.
“We like the challenge of buying a club at 20th position [in the Premier League] and getting it to the top.” Quotes that would have delighted the Newcastle away fans who were in great noise on Sunday before Kai Havertz silenced the travelling Toon Army with his well taken goal. The Toon hero who had bought the club from Mike Ashley did have her say on the Roman Abramovich situation with questions about the Blues came up in a recent interview. But we do have to hold all of our relationships to account.” She went on to add: “One great thing about taking four years to buy Newcastle is we had a great opportunity to look at every club, including Chelsea. “Chelsea is a wonderful club, but there was only one club for us and will only ever be one club for us.
Newcastle United were denied a well-earned point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, when Kai Havertz scored a late winner, with two contentious decisions ...
That makes a mockery of VAR.” "We are still in a relegation battle. “Havertz should have received a red card for his high elbow into the face of Newcastle’s Burn. Let us know in the comments “But the penalty, with the use of VAR, I cannot understand how that has not been given or the ref has not been asked to go to the monitor and review his decision. Speaking after the narrow defeat at Stamford Bridge, Howe claimed that the process to not give the Magpies a spot-kick “made a mocker of VAR”.
On the eve of Chelsea vs Newcastle — dubbed a 'sportswashing derby' — Bin Salman's regime carried out the largest known mass execution.
“You’re never going to change any Chelsea fan’s opinions on him,” 64-year-old fan Kim Clark said. “It just goes to show if we’ve got a (new) owner — we’re bound to have billionaire owners, otherwise you can’t afford this club these days — anything can happen that could change that in a week. But the moves against Abramovich’s British businesses serve as a cautionary warning for Newcastle fans celebrating their newfound investment and how geopolitical tensions can impact a Premier League team. While Newcastle shows solidarity toward the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s aggression, the Saudis are involved in a war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen that has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. And yet during a match where the chants were most memorable, they still bellowed: “Abramovich is a war offender”. Newcastle certainly has the richest owners in football.
Chelsea will hope to put their off-field troubles to one side again on Sunday as they look to continue racking up wins when they host Newcastle.The Bl.
Chelsea defeated Newcastle at Stamford Bridge thanks to a late goal from Kai Havertz, here is how the rest of the team performed.
Antonio Rudiger was the guiltiest of the “foot on the ball for long only to make a five-yard pass” routine. He did win a majority of his duels though. Chelsea needed to manage the game for long enough so that a moment of brilliance decided it. On one hand, he made a memorable save for a shot he didn’t have much time to see. Mendy’s save ultimately saw the Blues hold on to the clean sheet, so he deserves credit for that. The Blues did not have a good game save for some brilliant moments from Hakim Ziyech, Jorginho and Kai Havertz though, so taking three points on the day is a huge victory in the grand scheme of things.
With Roman Abramovich now sanctioned by the British government and the Blues desperately searching for a new owner, there is one less moneybags club to compete ...
Havertz's goal was a reminder that for all the doubts that lie ahead for this team things may not be that hard whilst they can call on such quality. Jorginho found a chink of space between Dubravka and his back line, clipping a pass over the top that still asked plenty of his tea mate, who had all the quality needed. By fair means and on occasion foul, Burn managed to smother Havertz for most of this game, though VAR was on the German's side when it did not suggest Coote give him more than a yellow for an elbow into Burn's face. For the most part Chelsea stalled out in the final third against a Newcastle defense that could pack the box with height, when Kai Havertz and Mason Mount worked to release Timo Werner, who flashed a shot wide of the far post. Perhaps their greatest frustration was that referee David Coote felt that Trevoh Chalobah grasping Jacob Murphy's jersey in the second half was not worthy of a penalty. The nature of a league in which ownership of a club is seen as offering legitimacy to billionaires and nation state's investment funds can often be hard for supporters to square. Chelsea remain in dialogue with the government over the terms of the license under which they operate. "One week ago, the statement was clear: the club is not for sale. Rambling inside Stamford Bridge's beefed up security cordon an hour-and-a-half before kick off you would have done well to guess there was soon to be a major Premier League fixture, perhaps the last in front of a full crowd this season. At some stage Newcastle supporters may have to address the geopolitical realities that come with being owned by the Saudi Investment Fund. Instead today there were some reveling at their association with this particular nation state, who yesterday announced it had executed 81 people, accused of terrorism. With Roman Abramovich now sanctioned by the British government and the Blues desperately searching for a new owner, there is one less moneybags club to compete for Europe's priciest players. LONDON -- It was of course, only one or two flags, only one fan who felt compelled to show his backing for Saudi Arabia ahead of kick off in this clash between sportswashers past and present.