Jorginho genius five-second Newcastle act revives Chelsea's iconic connection for Thomas Tuchel

One of Chelsea's best goals this season scored in one of the worst games in years.

The five seconds that won the Blues all three points on Sunday afternoon was the only highlight from a Chelsea perspective.

It was a scrappy, scruffy and mostly irritating game that saw Eddie Howe nearly get another one over the London club, given he had already won three times at Stamford Bridge previously with Bournemouth.

The sublime finish from Kai Havertz was worthy of winning a World Cup or Champions League – but Kai has already done the latter. That move also had undeniable similarities to a previous match-winning connection that led Chelsea to two league titles.

Yes, I am invoking the name of the great Diego Costa here (again). But everything about the construction of Sunday's winner had me transported back to the 2014/15 season when Cesc Fabregas would effortlessly ping balls towards the talismanic frontman to finish.

This type of pass from Jorginho is something Chelsea supporters have frustratingly demanded more from the Italian, whose game is more accustomed to playing a safer pass to his side.

Even in the 88th minute when the midfielder picked up the ball, he quickly found Antonio Rudiger for a neat one-two before looking up to scan his options.

It is interesting to contrast this starting position to Cesc Fabregas, who would operate a lot deeper before playing the ball directly to Costa.

You look back through all the Fabregas/Costa goals of this nature, and they share a similar pattern. It also reflected Chelsea's more direct approach to attack under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte.

Jorginho's arrival in 2018 under Maurizio Sarri triggered a more methodical and slow approach in possession, to the frustration of supporters