Newcastle United vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Chelsea in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Newcastle United vs Chelsea
That's all from St James' Park today, so thank you for joining us and goodbye!
Newcastle United vs Chelsea
While Potter may be grateful for the upcoming hiatus, as his Chelsea side continue to falter, Howe's Newcastle can hardly wait for the Premier League to resume after Christmas, when they visit Leicester seeking a sixth successive win.
Newcastle United vs Chelsea
Newcastle's surge goes on: they move third in the Premier League table with the World Cup break looming, after a merited win over out-of-sorts Chelsea today. Only once they fell behind in the second half did the listless visitors show any sort of cohesion and attacking intent, and though the Magpies were not at their best either, Willock's calcuating strike seals another three points - that's their fifth top-flight win on the spin.
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