Haverts gives Chelsea "The Punisher" a fatal victory over Newcastle

Germany's Kai Havertz scored the game's only goal in the 89th minute to give Chelsea, floundering due to penalties, an important victory over its recently revolted guest, Newcastle, in the twenty-ninth round of the English Premier League, on Sunday.

The London club is facing a series of restrictions in the wake of the sanctions imposed by the British government on its Russian owner Roman Abramovich for his country's invasion of Ukraine and his closeness to President Vladimir Putin.

However, Chelsea managed to evade the "penalty" of the equalizer on the field, thanks to a wonderful goal from Haverts, who received a long ball from behind the defenders of Italian Jorginho, tamed it brilliantly and winked into the net.

German coach Thomas Tuchel's team achieved its fifth successive victory in the league, consolidating its third position with 59 points, seven away from the second Liverpool and nine ahead of Manchester United the fourth, knowing that Chelsea has a postponed match against Arsenal, which will host Leicester City later.

For his part, Newcastle suffered a first loss this year after a series of nine unbeaten matches in the league and encouraging levels since the conclusion of important deals in the winter transfer market after the Saudi acquisition.

Newcastle's last loss was due to its 4-0 defeat to Manchester City at home on December 19.

Chelsea prepared in the best way for the match against Lille in France on Wednesday in the second leg of the Champions League final, after having settled the game 2-0 in favor of him in London.

Chelsea is seeking to ease the conditions set by the British government.

It is not entitled to sell new tickets or commercial merchandise and all revenue from TV rights or rewards from competitions it participates is frozen.

He was also prohibited from signing with players or renewing their contracts, in addition to setting a ceiling on spending when they travel to matches abroad.

The Czech Petr Cech, his technical advisor, admitted before the match that the club was not sure of its ability to finish the season.

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