HOWE-ITZER five wins in a row for Eddie

GO INTO WORLD CUP BREAK WITH TOP TWO IN SIGHTS

- Simon BIRD

HOW high can Newcastle go? Five Premier League wins in a row for Eddie Howe and they made perennial top-four finishers Chelsea look ordinary.

The tackles flew in, there was pumped-up aggression that killed the game in injury time, in a cauldron of an atmosphere.

The Geordies are real contenders for the Champions League places at the very least. Perhaps they can scare top two Manchester City and Arsenal? Chelsea didn't like it. Newcastle showed the passion. The visitors looked slightly lost.

Even in the skirmishes and shoving at the final whistle between both sets of players, United didn't give an inch Graham Potter's men are without a win in five and in a period of worrying transition under their new boss, now nine points behind the rejuvenated Tynesiders.