Chelsea trail Newcastle 2-0 at St James’ Park after a quickfire double from the home team.
The first one was defensively a really poor goal to concede.
Let’s break it down. Filip Jorgensen (who has looked nervy) rolls the ball out to his defenders, who play a few passes across the back as Newcastle close in. Renato Veiga loses the ball after a hospital pass from Benoit Badiashile, Enzo can’t get onto it and the ball bounces perfectly to Alexander Isak in the middle of the box, unmarked.
Soft, sloppy, way too casual, way too easy. You can point to about 5 mistakes or bad decision in the 5 seconds it took to score the goal. Good teams just don’t concede rubbish goals like that.
You can see the goal in the clips embedded here:
Alexander Isak puts Newcastle 1-0 up against Chelsea 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MboXmWAWl9
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[Footage from Sky Sports]
Way too easy, again. pic.twitter.com/55tptvVm4F
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[Footage from Canal +]
The second goal was a little more unlucky, but ended up looking even more comical. A Magpies cross from out wide flicked off the defending Christopher Nkunku and was then headed on by Isak in the box. The striker had way too much space and it was too easy for him to get a solid head on it.
By then its trajectory had been changed twice, and it ended up hitting Axel Disasi and going over the line.
The team just shaken up after the first goal, and a second was coming. They’ve improve a little since then, but the attitude has been poor overall.
You can see the second goal in the clip embedded here:
Newcastle now 2-0 up against Chelsea! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/VWGxRWBeyn
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) October 30, 2024
[Footage from Sky Sports]
We hope there’s been more chat behind the scenes about signing a dominant defensive player. This is only the B team, but it’s showing a lack of decisiveness and leadership at the back that the first team does.
