Newcastle vs Chelsea 0-3 Highlights
38' [0-1] Didier Drogba
89' [0-2] Salomon Kalou
90' [0-3] Daniel Sturridge
At the St. James' Park on 3 December 2011, Chelsea competes against Newcastle United during the English Premier League (EPL) clash to regain the fourth spot from the Magpies. Currently, there is only point separates the two sides in the premiership table as Newcastle United sits on the 4th place with 26 points and Chelsea stands 5th in the standing thanks to 25 points.
Newcastle, who have had a dream start to their season, is hanging on to a Champions League spot and the magpies are fourth a point clear of Chelsea and three clear of Liverpool and Arsenal. Although the manager Alan Pardew lost players such as Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton in the summer, it did not cause any serious contenders for a European spot. Following an excellent start to the campaign, the Magpies did amazing job when making a draw at Old Trafford last time around in the clash against Manchester United. Newcastle has conceded only 12 goals in all games so far thanks to particularly excellent performance of the centre-half pairing of Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor. Newcastle fans expect their players hit thier rival on the counter thanks to the high backline of the team's defence as well as the speed and acceleration possessed by the Magpie attackers.
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Meanwhile, Chelsea is the only team in top seven to take no points from head to head games against the other teams in that group this season. They have lost five of their last nine games so far and this means Andre Villa Boas is getting a baptism of fire in his first year as Chelsea coach. In fact in the last few weeks, Chelsea was desperate to get back to winning ways after the exit from the Carling cup. The club's main weapon is their attack due to excellent playing style of Juan Mata and Daniel Sturridge whose movement and trickery are handful for Newcastle’s defense. The Chelsea defense has a lot to worry about as the inability to adjust to Villas-Boas’ high line tactics has ended up with conceding 17 times.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew hopes his men will win in the newly renamed Sports Direct Arena to pay the biggest tribute to Gary Speed. He added: "He was a great player here and a captain of this club, and he has been a big loss to us this week.
France playmaker Yohan Cabaye, who helped the team to earn a notable 1-1 draw at Manchester United last week, will be key for Newcastle
Didier Drogba is still an important cog in Chelsea’s attack thanks to his crucial goal scoring abilities
The veteran Frank Lampard proves that a lot of criticism for his below par performances he is still handful, with his late runs inside the box and his ability to score from long range
Newcastle vs Chelsea 0-3 Highlights
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