Nogometaši Chelseaja so v 22. krogu Premier lige doma z 2:1 ugnali Newcastle United.

Modri so povedli v 9. minuti, ko je po dolgi podaji Davida Luiza žogo v kazenskem prostoru lepo sprejel Pedro in premagal vratarja Martina Dubravko.

1 – Chelsea have lost only one of their 23 home Premier League games against Newcastle (W16 D6), a 0-2 defeat in May 2012 under Roberto Di Matteo. Comfortable. #CHENEW

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Po golu so domači nehali napadati, kar je imelo posledice. V 40. minuti je kot izvedel Matt Ritchie, z glavo je ciljal Ciaran Clark in premagal Kepo Arrizabalago. Polčas: 1-1!

83% – Of players with at least 10 @premierleague goals, only Ugo Ehiogu (84%) and David Wetherall (87%) have scored a higher percentage of their goals via their head than Ciaran Clark (83%). Skullduggery. pic.twitter.com/5vqDKbHiJ7

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V drugem polčasu je Chelsea prišel do vodstva v 57. minuti, po čemer se rezultat ni več spreminjal. Spet je zadel Willian, ki je meril z roba kazenskega prostora.

10+ – Eden Hazard (10 goals and 10 assists) is one of two players in the Top 5 European Leagues to have both scored and assisted 10 or more goals in league play this season – the other is Lionel Messi (16 goals and 10 assists). Phenom. pic.twitter.com/5F1ZWFiYi5

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Dubravka je navdušil z levjim skokom, a je bil prekratek. Chelsea z zmago ostaja na četrtem mestu. Za zmagoviti gol je podal Eden Hazard, ki je s tem postal drugi igralec v najmočnejših petih evropskih nogometnih ligah, ki je v tekoči sezoni v statistiko vpisal vsaj 10 podaj in vsaj 10 zadetkov. Drugi je Lionel Messi.

What it all means… #PL pic.twitter.com/3iKL5w6MlJ

— Premier League (@premierleague) January 12, 2019