For the ninth round of the Premier League, Chelsea con Moisés Caicedo on the court 2-1 win a Newcastle Stamford Bridge.
The Blues started in a very good way, putting pressure on the rival field and with a Cole Palmer plugged in completelyand at 18′ the local team had a deadly counter-attack and Nicolas Jackson made it 1-0. The Magpies responded and started a corner, so that Alexander Isak achieved the momentary tie in the 32nd minute, through a conversation.
Those from London didn’t let each other down either and the duel went back and forth, even against a mistake at the start of the visit, Caicedo took advantage and was close to scoring his own goal. In the second block Chelsea came out furiously to score the second goal and the star, Cole Palmer, appeared and at 46′ he sealed the final 2-1 with an excellent performance.
With the score in his favour, coach Enzo Maresca made variations such as the entry of Enzo Fernández. Little by little, Newcastle raised their game again and gained momentum, although Chelsea’s defense held firm to save. Moreover, Niño Moi brushed himself off in intervention and avoided an obvious dangerous move from the Magpies. In the end the Londoners won, who are still in great positions.
Caicedo was a starter again and had a great performance on the pitch, filtering very good passes, pulling Chelsea’s strings, marking and closing spaces for the rival, being the complete owner of the midfield and showing that his level is set to continue to grow.
The Ecuadorian played the 90 minutes, the accuracy of his passing was 94%, he won one air duel and 4 of 7 duels on the court. In addition, Moi had one shot on goal, one clearance, 7 interceptions and 4 successful tackles. Midfielder Tri was, along with Cole Palme, one of the great figures for Enzo Maresca’s team.
Chelsea is in fourth place with 17 points, 6 points behind the leader Manchester City, and on the next date they will visit Manchester United. On Wednesday, for the Carabao Cup, they will face Newcastle again, strangely their rivals this Sunday in the Premiership.