Chelsea did most of the attacking, but Newcastle held firm and executed a classic smash-and-grab 7.58pm GMT
So that, my good friends, is that. Louise Taylor was on point at St James’ Park tonight. Here’s her verdict. Click and enjoy ... and thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night!
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Chelsea hearts with late winner for Newcastle 7.56pm GMT
Frank Lampard’s analysis. “That’s football. You have to get your head round it quickly. The feel of the game was domination. They had a header against the bar, three headers in the game, and one of them they score with. Other than that, I don’t remember them endangering our box. We camped around their box, creating chances. You won’t always create clear-cut against Newcastle because they have so many defenders around their box, and fair play to them. But we absolutely controlled it. At 0-0 I was going to say to the lads ‘you gave everything’. They pushed and pushed. We know we have problems at the top of the pitch, we don’t get enough goals if we want to bridge the gap. And if you don’t score, you’re always liable for a sucker punch, and we got hit. It’s something we need to address. We need to be clinical. I am pleased with the players we’ve got, but we can’t work any more in training on finishing. We finish and we finish, and sometimes you need to have that killer instinct. It’s quite clear from what I’m saying that we know where we need to strengthen ... so we’ll see.” January transfer action ahoy!