Newcastle 1-2

Independent:

Newcastle 2 Chelsea 1

Papiss Cisse double hands Chelsea their first defeat of the season

Striker came off the bench to score a brace with the Magpies holding in despite a Steven Taylor red card and Didier Drogba consolation
The Senegal international struck with his sixth goal of the season four minutes after replacing Remy Cabella, and then added a second 12 minutes from time.
Magpies defender Steven Taylor was dismissed for a second bookable offence and substitute Didier Drogba headed Jose Mourinho's men back into the game with seven minutes remaining to spark a desperate, but ultimately fruitless, late flurry.
It was Chelsea's third successive league defeat on Tyneside and left Mourinho still awaiting his first win in the competition at St James' Park.
Even the returning Diego Costa could not prevent a Newcastle victory as rookie goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, who had replaced the injured Rob Elliot at the break, denied he and then defender Felipe Luis at the end in front of a crowd of 52,019.

Chelsea arrived on Tyneside defending a 21-game unbeaten run since the start of the season and they began in ominous fashion with Newcastle's policy of allowing opponents possession in front of them and attempting to hit them on the break resulting in one-way traffic for much of the opening half-hour.
With Costa restored to the side after suspension and Oscar, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas buzzing about behind him, they were utterly dominant in the early stages.
After Willian had twice shot wide, Fabregas saw a 23rd-minute effort deflected past the post after Taylor had blocked Hazard's initial attempt, and Elliot had to save from Costa after Magpies midfielder Cheick Tiote had given the ball to Oscar.
But Newcastle finally found their feet and might have been ahead with 32 minutes gone when Thibaut Courtois blocked Jack Colback's shot with a foot.
As Moussa Sissoko started to drive the home side forward, the game opened up and Colback had to make a last-ditch challenge on Costa on halfway to deny the Spaniard a run on goal.
However, the visitors continued to threaten and Costa went just wide with an acrobatic overhead kick on the stroke of half-time.
Pardew was forced to make a change at the break when Elliot, deputising for the injured Tim Krul, failed to reappear and was replaced by 21-year-old Alnwick, making his senior debut for the club.
The newcomer's goal came under immediate threat with Paul Dummett and Taylor clearing low, driven Hazard crosses and Alnwick punching clear a Fabregas free-kick, flooring Costa in the process.
Pardew replaced midfielder Remy Cabella with Cisse eight minutes into the second half and the Magpies responded, although they were fortunate that John Obi Mikel powered a header wide from a Fabregas free-kick when he might have done better.
Newcastle took full advantage with 57 minutes gone when Gary Cahill failed to cut out Ameobi's left-wing cross and Cisse slid home from close range, his second goal in five days.
Sissoko could have doubled his side's advantage on the hour, but looped a header over after a Colback corner had been helped on at the near post.
Alnwick saved from substitute Andre Schurrle in the 62nd minute, before Mourinho sent on Luis and Drogba for Cesar Azpilicueta and Willian in a bid to inject fresh impetus into his team.
Didier Drigba scores a consolation goal to bring the score back to 2-1Chelsea hammered away at the Newcastle rearguard as it dropped ever deeper and Alnwick was grateful for the assistance of his left post to keep out Hazard's steered effort with 12 minutes remaining.
But their hopes of a comeback were dashed within seconds when the home side broke at pace for Sissoko to set up Cisse, who made no mistake.
Chelsea were given fresh hope with nine minutes remaining when Taylor, who had earlier been booked for a foul on Willian, lunged at Schurrle and was cautioned for a second time, and Drogba glanced the resulting free-kick past Alnwick to reduce the deficit.
But even with six minutes of stoppage time in which to find an equaliser, they were unable to deny the 10 men victory.

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Observer:

Newcastle’s Papiss Cissé scores twice to end Chelsea’s unbeaten run
Newcastle 2 - 1 Chelsea

Louise Taylor at St James' Park

All good things must come to an end and, sure enough, Chelsea’s 23-game unbeaten run was brought to a shuddering halt by Alan Pardew’s pace-suffused counterattacking specialists. José Mourinho has never won a league match at Newcastle United and not even the enforced replacement of Pardew’s second-choice goalkeeper, Rob Elliot, with the debutant Jak Alnwick at half-time, followed by the 81st-minute dismissal of the hitherto outstanding Steven Taylor, could turn things the Chelsea manager’s way.
With his team stripped of their invincibles label Mourinho was reduced to muttering about a Tyneside time-wasting conspiracy but no one should take any notice.
This was not only Newcastle’s day but the sort of match capable of reaffirming a cynic’s faith in Premier Leaguefootball. It featured Papiss Cissé stepping off the bench to score twice, Jack Colback looking England-class in the home midfield and Daryl Janmaat and Paul Dummett shining in the full-back berths. Alnwick, though, ended up eclipsing everyone courtesy of a stunning performance.
With Elliot struggling with thigh trouble, a sizeable chance finally beckoned last week. Yet if Alnwick was not entirely surprised to be called to arms, the bigger shock was that Elliot, deputising for the injured Tim Krul, never need to make a serious first-half save. Admittedly Chelsea had their moments – quite a few of them – but bar a spectacular overhead kick from Oscar that flew fractionally wide, Mourinho’s players generally huffed and puffed to little ultimate avail.
Granted Chelsea struggles were of an unusually elegant, invariably exciting variety, with Eden Hazard especially hinting at trouble ahead for Newcastle but they still ended up hitting brick walls. As the minutes slipped by, Diego Costa and company found Taylor and the wonderfully assured Fabricio Coloccini a particularly obdurate central defensive barrier. Even when Cheik Tioté did his bit to help Mourinho’s cause with one horribly heavy touch and then a slide-rule pass to a slightly startled Oscar’s feet, Pardew’s defence rode to the rescue.
Chelsea’s growing frustration was underscored by a certain anxiety; when Mourinho’s team were not pressing and probing in the home half they invariably could be found coping with lightning counterattacks.
If the cameo when Taylor decided to treat everyone to his Franz Beckenbauer impression, exchanging passes with Sammy Ameobi as he surged towards the visiting penalty area was never going to end in a goal, Colback could have scored a couple. Taking a break from disrupting Chelsea’s passing rhythm, the former Sunderland midfielder burst late into the area, met Ayoze Pérez’s clever delivery and forced the advancing Thibault Courtois into a good save as he attempted to chip him. A little later, Colback shot narrowly wide.
While Chelsea were sporadically ruffled by Moussa Sissoko’s advances, Pérez’s counterattacking pace threatened to undo them. Receiving the ball on the halfway line, the young Spaniard drew Gary Cahill into a challenge before dodging the centre-half’s lunge and leaving Cahill a fast receding speck in his rear-view mirror. Mourinho had plenty to ponder but with Elliot limping off at the interval but the Portuguese could surely not have envisaged that Pardew would shortly be punching thin air with joy.
Cissé had only just replaced Rémy Cabella when Ameobi crossed from the left, Cahill mis-kicked and, from six yards, shot unerringly beyond Courtois.
Hazard subsequently hit a post from around 12 yards but as Chelsea’s chased an equaliser another Newcastle counterattack resulted in a goal. This time Colback’s superlative pass picked out Sissoko down the left. The France midfielder shaped to shoot but, crowded by defenders, the ball seemed to become tangled in his feet and he ended up somehow hooking it in Cissé’s direction.
With a host of markers distracted and Courtois by now off his line, the Senegal striker took full advantage, whipping the ball into the empty net.
Mourinho shook his head, repeatedly, a disbelieving smile playing across his face. It became considerably broader when Taylor, already booked for a silly foul on Willian, received a second yellow card for flying in late on Andre Schürrle. Off he trudged, with only himself to blame for spoiling an otherwise stellar display.
By then Didier Drogba was on as a substitute and, as he emphasised when heading Cesc Fàbregas’s free-kick past Alnwick, making quite an impact. The Ivorian’s introduction coincided with Mourinho ordering a switch to direct tactics and, aided by a somewhat astonishing six minutes of stoppage time, Chelsea launched an attacking blitz.
Commendably Alnwick held firm, dealing brilliantly with a barrage of high balls and crosses while also performing wonders to tip Costa’s drive over the bar and parry Filipe Luís’s long-range shot.
Tuesday marks the fourth anniversary of Pardew’s installation as Newcastle’s manager; it promises to be a very happy occasion.

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Telegraph:

Newcastle United 2 Chelsea 1:
Papiss Cisse scores twice to secure victory and end Blues' unbeaten run

By Jason Mellor, St James' Park

A brace from Papiss Cissé and heroics from third-choice keeper Jak Alnwick secure memorable win

A pair of second-half goals from Papiss Cissé ended Chelsea's unbeaten start to the season as the Premier League leaders were denied a club record 24th game without defeat.
For the second successive weekend, Jose Mourinho's side struggled in the North-East, as Alan Pardew's side recorded a third consecutive home win against the title favourites.
Cissé came off the bench to score twice for Newcastle United, who were clearly fired-up by Mourinho's pre-match assertion that they seem to save their finest performances for when they play his side.
A late Didier Drogba effort ensured a nerve-wracking final seven minutes plus a further six minutes of added time for the hosts, who lost defender Steven Taylor to a second yellow card in the prelude to Drogba's arrears-reducing header.
It proved a memorable debut for Jak Alnwick, Newcastle's third-choice keeper who came on as a half-time substitute for the injured Rob Elliot.
The 21-year-old produced a wonderful fingertip save late on to deny an out of sorts Diego Costa as Pardew's side held on for a famous victory to mark the manager's impending fourth anniversary in charge.
The visitors could have been three goals up before Newcastle mustered their first attempt on goal, Thibaut Courtois blocking a close-range effort from Jack Colback after neat approach play from Ayoze Perez.
Newcastle's strong finish to the first-half was in contrast to most of what had gone before, as Chelsea dominated, but failed to make their superiority pay.
Taylor, restored to the hosts' back four along with skipper Fabricio Coloccini, twice produced last-ditch blocks to deny Costa and Eden Hazard clear goal-scoring opportunities.
Gary Cahill headed wastefully over from a Fabregas corner, and Willian fired two good openings narrowly wide. Costa was well shackled by Coloccini for most of the half, but finally managed to escape the Argentinian to come closest to breaking the deadlock.
The pair challenged for Oscar's lofted pass into the area, and when the ball broke, the Spaniard's instant overhead kick bounced agonisingly wide. Half-time failed to halt Chelsea's forward momentum, and Mikel should have scored when heading wide from a Fabregas free-kick.
Newcastle responded by taking a 57th-minute lead thanks to Cisse's sixth goal of the season. The Senegal international had been on the pitch for barely thee minutes when Cahill failed to cut out a low cross from Sammy Ameobi to allow the substitute a simple finish from two yards.
Moussa Sissoko ought to have doubled the lead within a minute as Chelsea failed to deal with a Colback corner but the Frenchman, restored to the team after suspension, headed over.
Newcastle rode their luck, Alnwick saving from Andre Schurrle, before Hazard hit the post from close range and it came as a surprise when they claimed the contest's crucial second goal with 12 minutes left.
Referee Martin Atkinson played a fine advantage, allowing Colback to release Sissoko into the area despite a foul by Fabregas. Sissoko looked to have lost possession, but managed to poke a pass through to Cisse, who made no mistake from 12 yards.
Substitute Drogba ensured an anxious final seven minutes, as he beat Alnwick to head home a Fabregas free-kick awarded for Taylor's lunge at Schurrle that earned the Newcastle defender a second yellow card.
Despite six minutes' added time, Chelsea failed to make their numerical advantage pay.

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Times:

Newcastle 2 Chelsea 1

Papiss Demba Cissé inspires Newcastle as Chelsea let record slip from grasp

George Caulkin

One question was answered at St James’ Park and another was posed. Chelsea will not get to the end of this season without suffering defeat in the Barclays Premier League and, after a lot of praise and a flurry of predictions that Jose Mourinho’s team would canter to the title without much difficulty, an alternative possibility was presented. The contest is wide open, blown apart by a rampant Newcastle United.
Chelsea lost, something they have not done in any competition since the end of April. Had they avoided this result, it would have been their best start to a league campaign and represented a record stretch of 24 games without a loss, but those thoughts dissipated into the chill of Tyneside. They strained to avoid disappointment at the end and there were some agonising seconds for Alan Pardew, the Newcastle manager, and his team but there was fragility, too.
There were two goals for Papiss Demba Cissé, a dismissal for Steven Taylor, the Newcastle defender, ten minutes from the end. Chelsea replied through Didier Drogba and there was discomfort in what followed, but Mourinho has never managed a side to victory here and there were vulnerabilities. His side is blessed with power and talent but they have run out of ideas on consecutive Saturdays having drawn 0-0 at Sunderland last weekend.
What a debut for Jak Alnwick, the 21-year-old goalkeeper, who replaced the injured Rob Elliot at half-time. Alnwick had never previously played a competitive fixture for Newcastle - six appearances on loan at Gateshead was his only taste of senior football - but he negotiated a daunting proposition with distinction. For their part, Chelsea will know that they should have made life less pleasant for him.
There were echoes of last weekend for Chelsea and their previous experience of north-east football. They pushed forward for the opening 30 minutes, confronted by a mass of bodies but passing with incision and great pace, with Eden Hazard adding dazzle and spark and yet after that there was stodge as Newcastle allowed their visitors to play themselves out of creativity without offering much threat of their own.
For all their possession, Chelsea did not overly tax Elliot and the same applied to Alnwick, his young replacement. Willian shot from 19 yards in the 11th minute but it drifted wide, Hazard did the same, Gary Cahill headed over from a corner, Willian curled an effort off target after Hazard sprinted down the left, Cesc Fàbregas had one deflected for a corner, Hazard could not quite place an overhead volley. There was a theme.
Newcastle’s sense of adventure had been limited, but just as Sunderland had done seven days earlier, they felt that something was there for them. There had been patches of slackness at the start and some misplaced balls, but momentum shifted as the first half drew to a close. There had been one episode of danger when Sammy Ameobi played in Ayoze Pérez who laid the ball off well and Thibaut Courtois did well to smother from Jack Colback.
Colback, the midfielder, had excelled, but he was not alone and Newcastle were rewarded for their greater urgency in the 57th minute, when Moussa Sissoko powered through the centre of the pitch, sprayed the ball out to the left, Ameobi crossed and Cahill failed to intercept, flicking it into Cissé’s stride. From a few yards out, the Senegal forward, who had come on at half-time, plundered his sixth goal of the season.
Alnwick had arrived at the same juncture, but he handled himself with poise. His first meaningful activity was to hare from his line and punch the ball away from Diego Costa’s forehead - not a bad way to introduce yourself - and in the seconds afterwards, Taylor cleared form beneath his own crossbar, but Chelsea were guilty of not examining him more thoroughly. Alnwick held a long-range shot from André Schürrle.
True, Hazard struck the right post, but Newcastle were not deterred, making the most of their good fortune with alacrity. Colback bustled forward, releasing Sissoko who fell to the turf but somehow got the ball from under him, squirting wide to Cissé, who finished well. The stadium was alive now and remained so, although Chelsea, having shown signs of fragility, roused themselves for a thrilling finale.
After 80 minutes, Taylor, who had been an inspirational figure in the centre of Newcastle’s defence, lost control of the ball and went in late on Schürrle, which brought him a second yellow card. From the free kick that followed, Fàbregas found Drogba’s head and Chelsea were back in it, pouring forward. While it was at a comfortable height for him, Alnwick did well to tip a thunderous shot from Costa over the bar.
When the fourth official held up his board to indicate six minutes of added time, there was a chorus of boos; would Chelsea dig deep into their reserves and summon parity? Pardew urged the crowd towards a crescendo and for those frantic, delirious moments this was once again an arena of passion and noise, belief and possibility. The unbeatables had been vanquished.

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Mail:

Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea:

 Papiss Cisse scores twice as Toon end Premier League leaders' unbeaten start to the season

By Rob Draper

Jose Mourinho always said it was mission impossible and so it proved. No-one, it seems, goes unbeaten in England throughout a season these days. Arsene Wenger still has at least one up on his nemesis.
Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United, the team which two months ago looked an abject parody of a Premier League side, achieved what many believed to be impossible – and they did so in some style.
They survived a torrid opening thirty minutes, when Chelsea looked to be at their formidable best; they survived losing their goalkeeper at half-time and bringing on a 21-year-old debutant; and they survived playing out the closing exchanges with 10 men.
And when the fourth official Robert Madley signalled for six minutes of stoppage time at the end, there were howls of protest around an indignant St James’ Park. It was entirely understandable. A famous victory looked to be in doubt. The sense that, given enough time, Chelsea would rectify the deficit, was inescapable. And given how well Newcastle had played, that would have been hard to bear.
Quite how Pardew had turned around the shambolic team that looked so dreadful when they lost at Southampton is one of the season’s mysteries. It wasn’t that they clung on to a win; they matched Chelsea and, while having periods where they had to defend, at times were the better team.
The discipline, shape and determination were exemplary – Papiss Cisse will take the plaudits for is two goals after coming off the bench, but it is the engine room comprised of Jack Colback, Moussa Sissoko and – enjoying an authentic champagne moment – Cheick Tiote who provided the platform for this win.
It didn’t look to be shaping up that way early on. There is something a little ominous about Chelsea when they slowly move through the gears and began to open up the throttle. The opening 30 minutes had that feel. Slowly, surely, they were overhauling Newcastle. The sheer speed of the passing, the quality of the link-ups looked to have the home side on the back foot.
There was the shot from Willian just wide on 11 minutes, which came after the slickest multi-pass build imaginable, with Chelsea simply weaving their way through their opponents. Eden Hazard dashed down the left wing on 14 minutes, causing consternation, but shot wide. John Terry then headed just over from a Cesc Fabregas corner.
Willian then had a delightful curling shot just wide on 19 minutes and Fabregas was tipped away by Rob Elliot. Chelsea test every facet of your game. Be it skill or physicality, strength in the air or sheer power, they stretch you in all departments. It seemed only a matter of time before they unpicked Newcastle.
And yet, Alan Pardew’s team hung on in. Sissoko and Colback in particular refused to give the game up for lost. Bit by bit, they worked their way back into the game. They never lost their shape, each and every player pressing when required and strong in the challenge when necessary.
Eventually, their endurance began to pay some dividends. On 33 minutes they produced a delightful moment when Sammy Ameobi played in a ball for the impressive Ayoze Perez. The Spaniard held the ball up and played it in for Colback who was through on goal, only for Thibaut Courtois to rush from his line to smother the ball.
Newcastle’s progress might have been undone at half-time, however, with keeper Elliot, already a stand in for Tim Krul, unable to continue. On came Jak Alnwick, 21 and the brother of Ben, for a debut in the most testing circumstances imaginable. He started well, however: flattening Diego Costa as he came for his first punch.
Newcastle continued to hold their own, though John Obi Mikel should have put Chelsea ahead on 56 minutes, heading wide from a Fabregas free-kick with a clear sight of goal.
But slowly the limited vulnerabilities of Chelsea begun to show – and they can be penetrated when confronted by the quickest of attackers. Sissoko led the charge on 57 minutes, sprinting away before releasing Ameobi on the right. His cross should have been cut out by Gary Cahill but he allowed it through to Cisse, who had only been on the pitch for four minutes, to score from close range with his first touch.
Chelsea tried to respond. Certainly in terms of possession they were impressive. But despite sending on Didier Drogba, the chances never came. On 77 minutes, Eden Hazard hit the post, which was as close as it got. And yet within a minute, they were further behind.
Colback, hugely impressive, first won the ball in midfield and then drove on to release Sissoko, who was through on goal. Courtois came out to block but the ball deflected into the path of Cisse, on hand, to steer in his second of the game.
Finally, a subdued St James’ Park erupted. This was turning into an outstanding performance; and then Steven Taylor, in his eagerness, jeopardised it, scything through Andre Schurrle in the 81st minute. It was a clear red card, and barely a protest was registered. From the free-kick on 83 minutes, Fabregas curled the ball in and Alnwick, excellent until then, failed to come and collect, and Drogba simply headed home.
Alnwick would redeem himself – saves from Costa and Felipe Luis in the dying minutes saved his team. His day, his manager’s day was complete. Newcastle earned their win – and Mourinho’s invincibles are no more.

Newcastle (4-2-3-1): Elliot 6 (Alnwick 46mins, 7.5), Janmaat 7.5, Taylor 7.5, Coloccini 9, Dummett 8, Tiote 7.5, Colback 8, Cabella 6 (Cisse 53, 8.5), Sissoko 8, Ameobi 7 (Williamson), Perez 8
Subs not used:  Anita, Gouffran, Haidara, Riviere
Scorer(s): Cisse 57, 78
Booked: Tiote, Sissoko
Sent off: Taylor 81

Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Courtois 6, Ivanovic 6.5, Terry 6, Cahill 5, Azpilicueta 6 (Luis 67), Mikel 6, Fabregas 6, Willian 6 (Drogba 67), Oscar 5.5 (Schurrle 61), Hazard 6.5, Costa 5.5 
Subs not used: Cech, Zouma, Ramires, Remy
Scorer(s): Drogba 83
Booked: Fabregas, Costa, Schurrle

MOTM: Coloccini 9
Referee: Martin Atkinson

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Mirror:

Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea: Blues' unbeaten record over following Papiss Cisse double

Simon Bird

Chelsea are not invincible – and the title race has been blown wide open.
A Papiss Cisse double ended their unbeaten start to the season – as Alan Pardew's men pulled off a remarkable, dramatic victory.
Down to 10 men for the last 16 minutes of play, and with a third choice keeper making his debt in the second half, somehow Newcastle conjured a win.
The question has been repeatedly asked all season. Could this Chelsea side go unbeaten all season?
Their unbeaten streak stood at 23 before this game, one short of the club record. They were also one short of creating a new record for being unbeaten from the start of a season.
It stood at 14, but their bid to make it to 15 was wrecked at St James's Park. They had lost 3-2 and 2-0 on their last two league visits, and boss Jose Mourinho suspects there is something about a Chelsea shirt that raised Newcastle's blood.
So it proved again, with Alan Pardew's side resilient, tough and also ahead after 57 minutes and two up with 12 minutes to go.
First Papiss Cisse grabbed his sixth of the season with a six yard finish.
The goal was made wide on the left, when Moussa Sissoko sent Sammy Ameobi down the line. His cross should have been cleared by Gary Cahill, but he slipped, got his legs in a tangle and the ball skidded through him to Cisse.

After a period of intense Chelsea pressure, Newcastle got the second on the break away after 78 minutes – Cisse again.
Jack Colback ran clear, and slipped in Sissoko, who fell over but squirted the ball across the box.
Cisse was on hand to smash home – seven up for the season. It wasn't the end of the drama.
Two minutes later, defender Steven Taylor was sent off for a bad tackle on Andre Schurrle – his second yellow.
And from the free kick, flicked in by Cesc Febregas, substitute Didier Drogba flicked a header home to give the Blues hope with seven minutes left.
Newcastle's line up was back up to full strength, with skipper Fabricio Coloccini fit again, with Colback and Sissoko back from suspension. They had a solid feel. Leading scorer Diego Costa was back for Chelsea and looked fresh, running the line with pace and power, but he needed more bodies around him.
Chelsea came closest in the opening 20 minutes, Willian curling wide with his left foot after an imaginative ball across the edge of the box from Eden Hazard. It took an excellent block from Steve Taylor to keep Cesc Fabregas's close range shot out, as the Geordies held firm without attacking much themselves.
But Newcastle got in behind Chelsea's defence when Sammy Ameobi and Ayoze Perez combined to slip Jack Colback clear. Thibaut Courtois smothered. Just before half time Oscar went close with an overhead kick that flew wide.
Newcastle suffered a setback at half time when keeper Rob Elliot, Tim Krul's stand in, limped off injured. Third choice youngster Jak Alnwick came on after the break. Alnwick had not played a competitive game for United. The 21-year-old's only senior football was six games on loan at Gateshead.
His first contribution was a positive punch clear and the home defence did their best to protect him. John Obi Mikel should have scored with a header from six yards out, but sent it wide.
Then Alnwick held substitute Andre Schurrle's shot.
He then made a brilliant save from Costa with two minutes to go, tipping over the bar. Chelsea had Newcastle seriously under the cosh from the moment they scored the first.
Mourinho threw Drogba and World Cup winner Schurrle on. Newcastle scrapped and blocked for their lives.
Edin Hazard hit the post after 78 minutes, and United rode their luck at times – then they got their second on the break away.
Chelsea's unbeaten run was coming to an end.

Teams

Newcastle: Elliot; Janmaat, Taylor, Coloccini, Dummett; Tiote, Colback; Cabella, Sissoko, Ameobi; Ayoze.
Subs: Alnwick (Elliot 46'), Cisse (Cabella 53')

Chelsea: Courtois; Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Willian, Oscar, Hazard; Costa.
Subs: Schurrle (Oscar 61'), Filipe Luis (Azpilicueta 67'), Drogba (Willian 67')

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Express:

Newcastle 2 - Chelsea 1:

Mourinho's unbeaten record spoiled by Papiss Cisse double

Cisse put an end to Mourinho's invincible hopes netting a double to win 2-1
With it went the chance to record a club record leaving the title race wide open again after it appeared Chelsea had parcelled it up as an early Christmas present.
But Mourinho seemed to sense that his Tyneside jinx was about to strike with his bout of mind games before the trip to the North East.
The Portuguese has never won a league game here and he knew another pumped up full house would be baying for blue blood.
They got it - but only after being forced to shove their third choice keeper into the fray for a debut of fire and brimstone. They got it after being left with 10 men following Steven Taylor's sending off. They got it after having to endure six minutes of added time which sent Newcastle boss Alan Pardew into a frenzy.
Mourinho must have been wondering at half-time if he was ever going to smash his St. James' Park jinx.His lucid moving side had created enough opportunities in the first 45 minutes to have safely wrapped up more than one game
It had been one way traffic towards Rob Elliot's goal with the swift running Willian twice going close while a run from within his own half by Hazard left Newcastle chasing shadows only for the finish to not be so accomplished.
When Elliot failed to come out for the second half with a muscle problem, and with first choice Tim Krul sidelined until the New Year, it meant 21-year-old third pick Jak Alnwick, whose only senior footballing experience was a loan spell with Conference side Gateshead, being summoned.
The fact that he was only beaten once by a Didier Drogba header which had sparked Chelsea hopes of recovering from a two goal Papiss Cisse blast owed to his agility and the brave heart defending in front of him with skipper Fabricio Coloccini a colossus.
How Newcastle and the Toon army celebrated a final whistle they felt was never going to arrive leaving Mourinho to lick his wounds and contemplate missing out on what would have been a Chelsea record of going 24 games unbeaten, stretching back into last season.
Arsenal's invincibles tag isn't going anywhere else either as Chelsea showed they are human after all going down in the 22nd game of the current campaign.
In keeping with this amazing see-saw encounter Newcastle took a 57th minute lead just moments after John Obi Mikel should have scored at the other end.
Newcastle broke and when Gary Cahill failed to intercept Sammy Ameobi's cross substitute Cisse who had only been on the field for four minutes pounced close in for his sixth goal in nine appearances.
Surely Chelsea would respond? They did, but despite waves of attacks Alnwick whose first piece of action was to punch clear as Diego Costa clattered into him, and his support crew stood firm.
With 11 minutes left Newcastle broke again with the influential midfield warrior Jack Colback at its fulcrum and although Moussa Sissoko made a hash of the through ball it fell kindly for Cisse to once again illustrate his predatory powers.
But two minutes later Taylor who had already been booked launched himself at Andre Schurrle, a reckless challenge which gave referee Martin Atkinson little option but to reduce Newcastle's numbers.
Worse immediately followed with Drogba heading in the Cesc Fabregas free-kick to leave many home fans fearing their balloon was about to be burst.
Alnwick, clearly revelling in the occasion arched backwards to brilliantly tip over a Costa attempt and then had to palm out a swerving drive from Filipe Luis.
Into the marathon added period we went but the Newcastle dam held and there was even a couple of chances to break free from the siege but that would have been taking things a bit too far.
Finally the victory against all the odds was just about as amazing as Toon boss Pardew celebrating his fourth anniversary on Tyneside in two days after often being the bookies favourite to be sacked.
He's the second longest serving manager in the Premier League behind Arsene Wenger. In the previous four years before his St. James' Park arrival Newcastle had gone through eight managers.
Mourinho can be excused for never wanting to come back here.

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Star:

Newcastle 2 - Chelsea 1:

Jose Mourinho fumes after Papiss Cisse double ends unbeaten run

Papiss Cisse came off the bench to score twice, ending a Chelsea run of 23 matches without defeat stretching back to last season.
But Newcastle’s match-winner modestly insisted: “I didn’t play very good but I scored two goals.
“We won because we stayed together as a team.”
If the leaders had avoided defeat on a dramatic day on Tyneside, they would have set a club record.
And it left angry Stamford Bridge boss Jose Mourinho still seeking his first Premier League win at St James’ Park.
Didier Drogba pulled back a goal but it wasn’t enough in a match when Newcastle players queued up to be heroes.
The Toon Army were outside Haymarket pubs before 11am waiting for their pre-match watering holes to open.
And they were raising plenty of glasses after the game in celebration.
Yet Chelsea controlled the match from the start and could have scored on any one of four occasions in the opening 19 minutes.
Willian was inches wide twice and there were also efforts by Eden Hazard, after an exciting run, and a Gary Cahill header.
Cesc Fabregas had a shot deflected inches wide and Diego Costa shot straight at keeper Rob Elliot after a shockingly-misplaced pass by Cheick Tiote.
But Tiote may well have raised a glass or two champagne later – after being in trouble before the game when he was pictured with a bottle of bubbly while driving!
Toon did not threaten until the 32nd minute when Blues keeper Thibaut Courtois did well to block Jack Colback’s effort.
But Chelsea were soon pressing again with Oscar just wide after an enterprising overhead kick.
Newcastle were then forced to play the second half with their third-choice keeper.
With Tim Krul already out crocked, Elliot aggravated an injury and boss Alan Pardew replaced him with debutant Jak Alnwick, 21.
The rookie should have been beaten in the 56th minute but John Obi Mikel – deputising in midfield for the suspended Nemanja Matic – headed wide from a Fabregas free-kick.
And Chelsea were made to pay a minute later when Toon took the lead.
Sammy Ameobi crossed low from the left, Cahill slipped when trying to clear and Cisse pounced to score from close range.
Hazard hit a post from Branislav Ivanovic’s cross with 12 minutes left and Newcastle broke away to increase their lead. Colback played in Moussa Sissoko, who failed to connect cleanly, but the ball broke to Cisse who slotted home his second.
The match then exploded two minutes later as Newcastle centre-back Steven Taylor was sent off for his second yellow card following a bad challenge on Andre Schurrle.
From Fabregas’ free-kick, sub Drogba headed home to set up a thrilling finale during which Costa and Felipe Luis were denied by Alnwick.
He said: “That was a great experience for me and I’m just happy to get the victory.
“Everyone backed me and showed me great support, the gaffer and the backroom staff including goalkeeping coach Andy Woodman.
‘I was a little bit nervous but it was slightly easier coming on at half-time because I didn’t have time to think about it too much.”
Jak is the brother of former Spurs keeper Ben Alnwick, who now plays for Peterbrough United, and has represented England at Under-18s level.
He joined Newcastle’s academy squad from Sunderland in 2008.