LONDON: Cole Palmer capped an impressive display with a goal and an assist as Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-2 in a pulsating English Premier League match on Monday.
In front of watching England manager Gareth Southgate, the 21-year-old Palmer pulled the strings in midfield for the London club.
His 11th goal this season made him the sixth Chelsea player to score in five consecutive league matches. Chelsea has not lost a league game at home in the month of March since 2001.
The result cut the four-point gap between Newcastle in 10th and Chelsea in 11th to one point.
Palmer’s goal came 12 minutes into the second half. He found space just outside the Newcastle penalty area and fired home a low shot.
Nicolas Jackson gave the home side the lead after six minutes when he diverted a shot from Palmer past Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka.
Although it lost in-form winger Anthony Gordon to injury 10 minutes before halftime, Newcastle fought back and eight minutes later got an equalizer when Alexander Isak found the net with a perfectly placed shot from 18 yards out.
Substitute Mykhailo Mudryk made it 3-1 to Chelsea in the 76th just five minutes after replacing Raheem Sterling.
Jacob Murphy got a goal back for the visitor in the 90th but his rasping strike was not enough to stop Chelsea taking all three points and prevent Newcastle from recording its first home-and-away double over the Blues since the 1986-87 season.
Palmer stars for Chelsea as Newcastle beaten 3-2 in English league thriller
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Palmer stars for Chelsea as Newcastle beaten 3-2 in English league thriller
- Palmer’s goal came 12 minutes into the second half. He found space just outside the Newcastle penalty area
Peruvian club suspend 3 footballers accused of sexual assault
- They have been suspended indefinitely and will face a disciplinary process
- A 22-year-old woman had reported the three men for an alleged sexual assault
LIMA: Peruvian football club Alianza Lima on Thursday suspended three national team players over a sex assault claim from an Argentine woman.
The team said defenders Carlos Zambrano, 36, and Miguel Trauco, 33, and midfielder Sergio Pena, 30, were dropped from the squad that will face Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami in a friendly in Lima Saturday.
They have been suspended indefinitely and will face a disciplinary process, a team statement said.
Buenos Aires police told AFP a 22-year-old woman had reported the three men for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo on January 18.
The woman said she was assaulted at a hotel where Alianza was holding a training session.
All three men have played for European clubs and represented Peru in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
The team did not go through.
