In the 16th round of the Premier League, Newcastle United University, which has been the first local luxury team for a year, has transformed and officially become one of the most competitive teams in the Premier League, this round once again proved its hard power in front of the top giant teams, overturning the Champions League 2 champions Chelsea 1-0, thus soaring all the way to the Premier League 9 consecutive rounds of unbeaten, the current 15 Premier League games have scored 30 points, among the top 3 in the standings, directly catching up with the champion team Manchester City, Manchester City dropped the chain in this round, lost to Brentford 1-2, Only 32 points; Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 and led the Premier League alone with 37 points.
Although Newcastle United is backed by a super consortium with total assets of more than 300 billion pounds, they are not in a hurry, refusing to hire world-class managers and popular superstars, investing in potential stocks whose strength is greater than fame, the manager has enabled Eddie Howe, and the players who have been supplemented are basically in the period of career promotion, including Guimaraes, Isaac, Botman and others. Now, Newcastle United's entire squad is worth only 440 million euros, and the effect is even crazier than Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.
Facing Chelsea in this game, Newcastle United played a state of total suppression, with five or five possessions, 10 shots on goal, 3 shots on target to complete 1 goal, Chelsea only 5 shots, 2 shots on target without a score, and finally Newcastle United won the game 1-0. The match goal came in the 66th minute, when Almiron cut the ball straight inside to the top of the box and Joseph Willock stepped forward and fired a direct shot to give Newcastle United a 1-0 victory, giving Chelsea the shame of a three-game losing streak, with their last losing streak in the Premier League dating back to 2015.
After winning, Newcastle United set two great results, first, 6 consecutive wins in all competitions, including 5 consecutive Premier League wins and 1 win in the English League Cup; Second, 11 consecutive wins and 8 draws in all competitions, starting from the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in the sixth round of the Premier League on September 3, until now 1-0 Chelsea, more than two months without defeat, such momentum is stronger than Arsenal, as the leader of the Premier League, Arsenal has only been unbeaten in eight consecutive Premier League rounds recently.
What's even crazier is that Newcastle United's offensive and defensive performance is also better than Arsenal, conceding only 4 goals during 9 consecutive rounds of Premier League unbeaten, while 4 times to pour 4+ goals against opponents, the offensive and defensive ends are picturesque, so that defending champion Manchester City also feels greater pressure, coach Pep Guardiola has seen the new pattern of the Premier League, believes that Newcastle United has ended the era of Premier League BIG6, and has also joined the ranks of the championship.
Statistics show that Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has perfectly activated the three lines in front of the lineup, with Wilson 6 goals and 2 assists in 11 games, Chris Wood 2 goals in 16 games, Ithaca with 2 goals in 3 games, St. Maximin with 1 goal and 3 assists in 8 games, and Jacob Murphy in 16 games with 1 goal and 1 assist; Midfielder Almiron has eight goals and one assist in 16 games, Guimaraes has three goals and two assists in 14 games, Trippier at the back has one goal and four assists in 17 games, and Fabien Scheer and Rucels have scored one goal in six games. According to the hot form of Newcastle United, coupled with the investment of money, the next game may go further and go straight to the top two in the standings.