Newcastle United vs Chelsea: Abraham fires Blues to top of Premier League table
- Newcastle United suffered a 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at St James Park
- An own goal from Federico Fernandez and a superb Tammy Abraham's strike ensured the visitors' cruise to victory
- Frank Lampard's men are now top of the Premier League table pending the outcome of subsequent games this weekend
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Chelsea rise to the top of the Premier League table after beating Newcastle United 2-0 at St James' Park on Saturday, November 21.
The victory also saw Frank Lampard's men keep another clean sheet with Eduoard Mendy between the sticks away from home.
Federico Fernandez's own goal powered the visitors ahead just after ten minutes of action before Tammy Abraham sealed the victory with a superb goal in the 65th minute.
Fernandez ran into a cross from Mason Mount and deflected the ball into his own net in the early minutes of the opening half.
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While Abraham's goal was a well-worked out plan between himself and Timo Werner as they outran four Newcastle defenders before eventually putting the ball in the back of the net.
Lampard's men were flamboyant enough upfront with the Hakim Ziyech adding flavour to the Blues attack from the right flank.
Mason Mount also gave a good account of himself in the game as they improve their title chances this campaign.
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Meanwhile, the hosts were without their leading scorer Callum Wilson who was left out of the game due to injury.
Legit.ng earlier reported that Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz are both set to miss Chelsea's next Premier League game against Newcastle United in what will be a big blow for manager Frank Lampard.
Kai Havertz was tested positive for COVID-19 at the start of the month of November and that made him to miss the encounters against Rennes in the Champions League and Sheffield United.
According to the report on Daily Mail, Havertz has been affected by illness at home and was unable to undergo the required training.
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