Nick Candy, potential buyer of the club and favorite of the fans, came to witness the short success of the Blues. Lukaku played 30 minutes.
A kick from Jorginho as sumptuous as the control and finishing of Kai Havertz to ensure the essentials (89th: 1-0). From a sporting point of view, Chelsea will remember only that, at the end of a game where Newcastle clearly competed with European champions who seem to be disturbed… by the extra-sports, despite the (timid) rise of Romelu Lukaku in the last half hour.
A ticket office and a shop that remained closed, a ban on negotiating contracts, strictly limited expenses for the holding of home matches and travel… Chelsea is subject to the law of a “special license” granted by the British government which only allows it to respect its commitments, to remunerate its staff and which allows ticket holders to attend the matches. The fault obviously with the freezing of the assets of the Russian owner Roman Abramovich.