Chelsea vs Newcastle United: Premier League: Chelsea’s poor season ended with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle at home, and the visitors’ fans celebrated their fourth-place finish at a sunny Stamford Bridge, putting on display their inconsistent finishing once more.After Anthony Gordon scored Newcastle’s opening goal, Kieran Trippier scored an own goal. Chelsea finishes the season in 12th place with their lowest-ever Premier League point total, while the Magpies finish fourth and earn a spot in the Champions League.Follow Premier League 2022-23 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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First goal for the Champions League-bound Anthony Gordon In a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Sunday, Newcastle United earned a Premier League point to guarantee that Chelsea’s turbulent season came to a disappointing conclusion as the visitors took fourth place. While Newcastle looks to bolster their team for the upcoming season, Chelsea, stuck in the unknown bottom half of the standings, looks to simplify theirs.
It took only nine minutes for Gordon to strike, poking home a cross from Allan Saint-Maximin with the defence in disarray. Chelsea, whose 12th-place finish on 44 points is their worst since 1994, levelled in the 27th when Kieran Trippier became entangled in Raheem Sterling’s awkward low shot and the ball bounced off his arm into his own net.
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With little riding on the result, the sides produced some entertaining football, Newcastle dominating the first half and Chelsea, as so often this season, missing numerous chances in the second. Chelsea favourite Frank Lampard got one win in 11 games as interim manager and leaves with the club still to confirm the appointment of ex-Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said his side were happy in the end to finish with a draw after tiring in the second half. They ended the season on 71 points.Newcastle will be playing Champions League football for first time in 20 years and will need to expand their squad for next season.
Chelsea vs Newcastle United confirmed lineups
Chelsea XI (4-3-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Silva, Chalobah, Hall; Gallagher, Fernandez, Loftus-Cheek; Madueke, Havertz, Sterling
Newcastle United XI (4-4-2): Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Targett; Gordon, Guimaraes, Anderson; Almiron, Isak, Saint-Maximin
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