Closed Chelsea Vs Newcastle

[Milan 17,835]

Match pointers

• Newcastle ended a run of 18 league games without a victory at Chelsea with their 2-0 win here at last season

• Eden Hazard has scored 11 goals and assisted 12 in his last 16 appearances for Lille and Chelsea combined

• Only Manchester City (47) and Manchester United (44) have picked up more points than Newcastle (38) in 2012

• No defender has scored more top-flight goals since 2010-11 than Branislav Ivanovic (nine)

• Newcastle have scored a total of 998 goals in the Premier League since 1992

The third point is worrying, just like the last one as they are looking for their 1000th goal. However, according to the fourth point, Ivan will save us with a goal set up by Eden.

[TacticalBlues 2,817]

Eden hazard ‏@hazardeden10

Demain gros match contre mon gars sur mr cabaye

Tomorrow my big game against mr guy on Cabaye

Hazard seems pumped to be coming up against Cabaye. Could be his best game yet

[Jase 43,479]

Hazard seems pumped to be coming up against Cabaye. Could be his best game yet

Mentioned earlier, first reunion for both since leaving Lille and those two are good buddies.

[Tricky 301]

the great thing about all the Hazard hype is that teams might start making the mistake of paying extra close attention to him which will open up space and whole bunch of opportunities for the likes of Mata, Oscar, Ramires and Torres to exploit!

How to play against him though? Mark tight an he turns the defender and uses his pace, give him space and you allow him to dictate the game and run at you.

What a player, reminds me of Robben, only better and minus the injury prowness.

[Jase 43,479]

Time to rewrite record books tomorrow. We have not won 3 consecutive PL matches since December 2011 where we beat Wolves, Newcastle and Man City.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

How to play against him though? Mark tight an he turns the defender and uses his pace, give him space and you allow him to dictate the game and run at you.

What a player, reminds me of Robben, only better and minus the injury prowness.

exactly, and not only that how are defenders going to feel when they see Hazard running at them in the box, they are going to be so scared to try and tackle him in the box after seeing him win two penalties in two games.

[Tricky 301]

exactly, and not only that how are defenders going to feel when they see Hazard running at them in the box, they are going to be so scared to try and tackle him in the box after seeing him win two penalties in two games.

Bingo, they way he spun away from the guy vs Wigan and his burst into the box for the penalty. If I were a full back I'd hate him. Only option is to double up which leaves others open. Even then I think he is still going to cause problems.

Damn, just can't believe how lucky we are to have signed this guy.

[TrippingStep 336]

Bingo, they way he spun away from the guy vs Wigan and his burst into the box for the penalty. If I were a full back I'd hate him. Only option is to double up which leaves others open. Even then I think he is still going to cause problems.

Damn, just can't believe how lucky we are to have signed this guy.

At Lille, it was not rare that he had 3 players on him on many occasions, the fullback, winger and defensive midfielder.

If Lille had better skilled players around, they would have been better against better opponents. The other midfielders excepting Cabaye the year of the title were not very skilled to use wisely the space to do damage to opponents.

That's why I can see him doing much better at Chelsea, he will be rested when needed and won't have to overdo things like he sometimes dit at Lille.

[TrippingStep 336]

exactly, and not only that how are defenders going to feel when they see Hazard running at them in the box, they are going to be so scared to try and tackle him in the box after seeing him win two penalties in two games.

Yes, when on the edge inside of the box, often the defenders stay with him and dared not to challenge him, fixing a defender and leaving space for run behind him or a simple pass backwards to a midfielder going to the box.

[ulsterchelsea 3,213]

Tough game tomorrow but can't wait. Hope to see more of Oscar tomorrow, the boy has some ability. 3 points would be great before our super cup outing. Come on chels

[edetarod 2,155]

If we beat Newcastle, than to me that is a sign that we are improving with every game which is really good.

plus it would be a huge confidence booster

we have to keep our 100% win run for as long as possible

[Beigl 1,387]

Will be a tough game.

[Marvin123 483]

really hope we can win this one, will mean a lot considering we struggled against them last season

[Beigl 1,387]

--------------Cech-----------

Ivanovic-----Cahil----Luiz-----Cole

----------Mikel-------Lampard

Ramires-----Mata--------Hazard

-----------------Torres-------------

[sleazyB 58]

Torres hat trick! I can feel it!!!

[didierforever 7,349]

is luiz fit?

[bababoom 4,478]

I hope we try and play our game instead of sitting back like we did against Wigan... After watching the Reading game again i can see that we are trying to pass the ball quicker and keep the ball for longer periods, hopefully we continue playing like that tomorrow.

[Nero 1,794]

all are jealous of us haha. newcastle will not win again 2-0. torres is back and hazard is amazing. come on chelsea!!!