Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, speaking to Sky Sports after their win over Chelsea: “I think our defensive mentality was key. We were really good off the ball today, in every respect. We rode our luck at times in the second half, but with the amount of times we’ve been hurt this season I thought we deserved it.
"It was an excellent goal and we were very much in the game. It was a great pass from Tino [Livramento] to slip in Joe Willock and very unselfish from Joe to pick out Anthony [Gordon].
"It's our first clean sheet in a long time. It's been a difficult spell for us. We've defended really well at times. We know it's in there, it's just about bringing it all together.
"When you make changes from the outside, there's maybe more noise than there should be. I thought Nick Woltemade was excellent. Jacob Murphy was outstanding.
"When you have players with the experience of Joelinton and Dan Burn to bring on, it's huge."
On upcoming games against Barcelona and Sunderland: “We have two huge games to finish off this week – mouth-watering for us. We can go [to Barcelona] in good spirits after today.”
Did you know?
- Aaron Ramsdale became the first player to win at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea in the Premier League with three different clubs (Newcastle, Arsenal and Bournemouth).
