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Chelsea added a painful defeat in the European Champions League competition with Nicola Jackson's shocking exit.
Chelsea lost 0-2 to Newcastle in the 36th round of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season at St. James' Park in Newcastle, England on the 11th (Korea time).
Newcastle (66 points) beat Manchester City to third place in the league by catching Chelsea. On the other hand, Chelsea (63 points) remained in fifth place in the league after losing to Newcastle, failing to widen the gap with Aston Villa (63 points) in sixth place and Nottingham Forest (61 points). Chelsea, who have to keep their fifth place in order to advance to the European Champions League (UCL), missed the opportunity to advance to the competition by raising the ranking.
Newcastle came out in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Aleksandar Isaac was on the front line, Harvey Barnes and Anthony Gordon were on the second line. Bruno Guimarães and Sandro Tonali worked together in the midfield. The wingbacks were built by Jacob Murphy, Tino Livramento, and the three backs were built by Fabien Shea, Sven Boatman and Dan Byrne. Nick Pope defended the goal.
Chelsea fought back with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Nicola Jackson was positioned on the one-top, followed by Madueke, Cole Palmer and Pedru Netu. The third term was formed by Enso Fernandez and Romeo Rabia. Four Bags were located by Marc Cucurella, Levi Colwill, Trevor Chalova and Moises Caicedo. The goalkeeper's gloves were worn by Robert Sanchez.
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Newcastle led by scoring the opening goal early on. In the second minute of the first half, Murphy's cross from the right went to Tonali, who was rushing to the left of the net after passing the Chelsea defense. Tonali shook Chelsea's net as he finished with a shot at the gate.
Chelsea, who had to follow Newcastle, were put in a numerical inferiority situation due to Jackson's excessive foul. In the 34th minute of the first half, Jackson hit Boatman in the face with his elbow during the competition for an aerial ball. The referee initially gave the warning, but the VAR readout determined it was a serious foul, so he reversed the warning and declared his exit.
Newcastle continued to try to widen the gap after gaining a numerical advantage, but no additional goals were scored until just before the end of the first half. Chelsea also failed to score, and Newcastle's 1-0 lead ended the first half.
The game continued to be frustrating in the second half. Despite their numerical inferiority, Chelsea sought a chance to equalise, but were rarely able to break through the Newcastle goal. Cucurella, who received Palmer's pass in the 17th minute of the second half, attempted a low and fast shot from the left side of the box. But it caught Pope's fingertips. In the 43rd minute of the second half, Reece James finished Cucurella's cross with a header in the box, but it rose above the net.
Just before the end, Newcastle added a score. In the extra time of the second half, Guimarangis shook the net with a fantastic mid-range shot from the left side of the penalty box arc.
In the end, Newcastle won 2-0.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
