Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea: Gouffran And Remy Check Mourinho's Momentum
Fernando Torres saw the home defence anticipate his attempts at clever runs in behind them before the Toon had two great chances to score themselves after the break. Debuchy's fine through-ball found Sissoko in behind the Blues backline, but Cech got just enough on the deft shot across him to turn it wide. Cabaye then tossed in the second ball from the resulting corner and Ameobi knocked it down for Remy, but his close range effort was straight at the Chelsea keeper. Cech also palmed behind from Gouffran when another of Newcastle's French connection cut inside from the left and let fly. With a quarter of the game to go, Pardew called Cabaye over for a brief conference. Whatever the Magpies manager said paid off. Cababye whipped in a free kick which found Gouffran in a packed Blues penalty area and he headed home. St James' Park erupted. Chelsea were rattled and Terry was forced into a desperate block as Sissoko linked up with Remy. Mourinho responded by throwing on Samuel Eto'o, Andre Schurrle and Willian. Newcastle survived a serious handball shout as the prone Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa turned an Eto'o shot behind. It became backs to the wall stuff for the home side as Tim Krul spilled Willian's shot and Debuchy heroically blocked from Eto'o with the loose ball. Hazard then dragged wide late on. The Toon sealed victory two minutes from time when sub Vurnon Anita skipped away from Luiz to tee up Remy, who swept home in off the post unmarked. This win came off the back of hard work from every Newcastle player. The Special One must go back to the drawing board and will lose ground on either Arsenal or Liverpool at the top late today.