Or rather, Newcastle ran into Chelsea, as well as through them, around them and over them. Nick Woltemade scored twice in response to his own goal that settled last weekend’s Wear-Tyne derby, and the hosts looked set for victory just as much as the visitors looked set for defeat. Newcastle were the better team with the better players and Chelsea had failed to show. The fastest form of therapy is not a social-media apology, it is a goal, and Woltemade had two inside 20 minutes. Gordon, Murphy, Sandro Tonali and others were relentless in unsettling Chelsea and it felt like the visitors were already praying for mercy of half-time when Woltemade scored his second.

Source: Metro December 20, 2025 20:07 UTC