Newcastle let down by officials, Chelsea staff's telling reaction and Ashley taunt - 5 things

Newcastle United's unbeaten run is over after Kai Havertz struck late to give Chelsea a controversial 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge.

Newcastle looked on course to claim a well-deserved point after frustrating the Blues for long spells. However, Havertz broke the deadlock in the 89th minute with a late, late winner as the Magpies suffered their first defeat in the league since before Christmas.

The goal was all the more devastating for Newcastle when Havertz could have been sent off for an elbow on Dan Burn in the first half. This was, ultimately, one of a number of decisions that went against the visitors.

Here are five things we learned from the game.

After limiting Jorginho's influence for so long, Newcastle's tired players did not get close enough to Chelsea's talisman in the 89th minute as he clipped a superb ball over the top into the box. Kai Havertz then spun Dan Burn before calmly slotting home to send a relieved Thomas Tuchel and his staff on a jig of delight in front of the visitors' bench. It was a hammer blow - made all the worse for Newcastle when Havertz could easily have been sent off in the first half.

Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that, at one point, Newcastle could have had a two-man advantage and a penalty to boot but a host of decisions, bizarrely, went against the visitors. Chelsea were a little fortunate not to go down to 10 men before half-time after Kai Havertz cut Dan Burn's forehead open with a stray elbow as they jumped for a header, but the Germany international was only booked by referee David Coote.

Then, just before the hour mark, Jacob Murphy had a huge shout for a spot-kick after the winger was pulled back by Trevoh Chalobah but, remarkably, only a corner was given. A few