Newcastle stun Chelsea

Newcastle United pulled off a 1-0 win over Chelsea to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday after the Premier League leaders finished a ...

Newcastle United pulled off a 1-0 win over Chelsea to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday after the Premier League leaders finished a pulsating tie with only nine men.

A tactical blunder by Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho turned the game, his decision to make all three substitutions at halftime backfiring in spectacular fashion when wingback Wayne Bridge was carried off on a stretcher just minutes after the re-start.

That left Chelsea with 10 men and struggling to cancel out a superb header by Newcastle’s Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert after only four minutes at St James’ Park.

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Mourinho, who was also paying the price for starting with a second-string side before next week’s Champions League knockout tie at Barcelona, saw all hope fade in stoppage time when keeper Carlo Cudicini was red-carded for felling Shola Ameobi.

Nottingham Forest came back to draw 1-1 at Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley drew 0-0 with Blackburn Rovers in a moral victory for second division clubs over Premier League sides in Sunday’s other fifth round ties. (Reuters)

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