Chelsea on Sunday defeated Newcastle 1-0 after Kai Havertz scored a dramatic late winner at the Stamford Bridge.
Before the triumph, Thomas Tuchel’s side were held down by Newcastle for 75 minutes without shot; but Kai Havertz came to the rescue, pouncing on a superb long ball from Jorginho and netting the winner, a minute before time.
Chelsea have now won five consecutive Premier League games at a time the they are going through crisis off the pitch.
Meanwhile, Havertz who avoided a red card could have been sent off in the first half after a dangerous elbow into the face of Dan Burn.
Chelsea, while battling with the fall of their oligarch owner, Roman Abaramovich have played their first game against Newcastle after the crisis which was triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
