It’s 0-0 at half time, but Chelsea have had the better of the game against Newcastle so far.
The Blues’ main threat has been Eden Hazard, starting for the first time this season, but he’s been brutally targeted by Newcastle’s team for endless fouls.
One of them lead to him going off for treatment, and while he’s been ok to carry on, Chelsea fans aren’t happy about it at all, or about the double standards being shown by the ref.
You can see a selection of comments from some of the major Chelsea Twitter accounts embedded below:
Hazard has produced some stunning dribbling as ever today. Also typically taking a lot of heavy challenges, he seems unhappy with the officiating. #CFC #NEWCHE #NUFC
— Nizaar Kinsella (@NizaarKinsella) August 26, 2018
Alonso commits a hard challenge, gets a talking to from the official.
Newcastle persistently foul Hazard, get rewarded with punches on their card from the official. Two more for a free sub!
— London Is Blue Podcast ⭐️⭐️ (@LondonBluePod) August 26, 2018
Diame STILL not booked. How many bad tackles does it take to get a yellow?
This is an utterly embarrassing performance by this referee.
— /r/ChelseaFC (@RedditChelseaFC) August 26, 2018
Chelsea the only team trying to play football.
Newcastle the only team trying to injure their opponents.
— /r/ChelseaFC (@RedditChelseaFC) August 26, 2018
Diame with yet another foul, still no booking? 🤔
— Eetu Ikola (@eetuikola) August 26, 2018
So why isn’t Murphy booked? #Chelsea were on the counter attack…
— Chels HQ (@Chels_HQ) August 26, 2018