Chelsea vs Newcastle - The Debrief
Chelsea's recent record against Newcastle United continued following Monday night's 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge as we look at those players who made significant contributions in defence, midfield and in attack. Olivier Giroud celebrated scoring Chelsea's opener Kovacic the controller Chelsea's Croatian midfield maestro Matteo Kovacic delivered another excellent performance and kept up his good run of form. The Croatian help to set the tone for Chelsea's display with an assured performance whilst in possession and showing willingness to carry the ball further up the field and pick spaces in the Newcastle defence. Kovacic recorded the highest figures in the game for possession (10%). touches (107), pass completion rate (96%), passes (86), most successful passes in the final third (21/24) and dribbles (8). Matteo Kovacic's impressive numbers in Chelsea's victory In fact the Croat accounted for eight out of Chelsea's successful nine dribbles. Only Maso