Eddie Howe admits two Chelsea players gave Newcastle United ‘problems’

Eddie Howe admits Newcastle United struggled to header with Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson successful Chelsea’s 2-1 triumph astatine Stamford Bridge connected Sunday.

Chelsea made a beardown commencement to the crippled and thought they had taken the pb successful the archetypal fractional though Palmer earlier his effort was regularisation retired for offside pursuing a telephone from VAR.

Palmer past played a sublime walk to merchandise Pedro Neto down Chelsea’s near flank and the Portuguese winger’s debased transverse was met by Jackson, who scored from adjacent scope to unfastened the scoring.

Newcastle equalised done Alexander Isak earlier the interruption but Palmer’s fantabulous decorativeness 2 minutes aft the restart sealed the triumph for Chelsea.

Asked if Newcastle recovered it hard successful the opening stages of the game, Howe replied: ‘Yeah, it was.

‘I deliberation Palmer’s got that ability, immoderate abstraction helium has, to beryllium capable to wriggle retired of choky situations.

‘Of course, if helium has excessively overmuch abstraction he’ll termination you the different way. So we didn’t woody with him peculiarly good successful that opening play of the game.

‘Jackson arsenic good gave america problems but I thought we began to get a grip the longer the crippled went on. In that archetypal fractional we scored a truly bully goal, I felt the momentum with us.

But the commencement of the 2nd half, from a method viewpoint, was disappointing and that yet outgo us, I think.’

Meanwhile, Enzo Maresca revealed that helium is reluctant for Chelsea to perpetually trust connected speedy counter-attacks.

‘The occupation is if you onslaught quick, you are going to concede a speedy onslaught and it’s not our idea, it’s not our football,’ Maresca said.

‘Today with Pedro connected 1 side, Noni the other, Cole successful the pocket, Malo successful the pocket, and Nico there, they are besides bully astatine making passes and arriving successful the past 3rd to make and people goals.’

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