Cisse Hentikan Rekor Tak Terkalahkan Chelsea di Laga Kandang
Chelsea Not So Invincible Now, Cisse at the Double to Edge Out Drogba and Co
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Newcastle, Inggris (B2B) - Newcastle menghentikan rekor tak terkalahkan Chelsea berkat dua gol Papiss Demba Cisse pada pertandingan Liga Utama Inggris dengan skor akhir 2-1 di kandang Newcastle di St James' Park.
Pada menit sepuluh, Diego Costa membangun serangan Chelsea ketika memberikan bola ke Oscar di dekat kotak penalti yang mendapati Willian untuk diarahkan ke gawang, namun bisa dihalau Rob Elliot.
Sepuluh menit kemudian, giliran Eden Hazard yang menciptakan masalah untuk Newcastle ketika dia berlari menembus pertahanan dan menunggu rekan setimnya. Kemudian dia memberikan bola kepada Costa, tetapi tidak cukup cepat dan bola jatuh ke kaki Willian. Sayang, tendangannya melebar.
Sejauh ini, Chelsea belum terkalahkan dalam 14 pertandingan Liga Inggris, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Newcaslte mendapat peluang terbaik ketika Ayoze Perez melewati pemain belakang Chelsea dan memberikan bola kepada Jack Colback, tetapi tendangannya jatuh dipelukkan Thibaut Courtois.
Setelah jeda, Newcastle dipaksa mengganti kipernya dengan kiper ketiga yang berusia 21 tahun, Alnwick, karena Elliot cedera.
Akhirnya pada menit 57, Newcastle memimpin lewat Papiss Cisse. Berawal dari umpan silang Ameobi ke kotak penalti Chelsea yang tak bisa dihalau Cahill. Kemudian Cisse menyambar dan berhasil menceploskan bola ke gawang Courtois.
Setelah itu, Mourinho mengganti Oscar dengan Andre Schurrle, Cesar Azpilicueta dengan Filipe Luis, dan Willian dengan Drogba.
Rekor tak terkalahkan Chelsea tampaknya akan segera berakhir karena Papiss Cisse menggandakan keunggulan Newcastle pada menit 78 setelah menerima umpan Sissoko.
Pada menit 81 Steven Tylor diganjar kartu kuning kedua karena melanggar Schurrle sehingga dia harus keluar lapangan.
Tiga menit kemudian Drogba menghidupkan harapan Chelsea. Berawal dari tendangan bebas Fabregas dan disambut sundulan Drogba yang bisa menaklukkan Alnwick. Namun sampai peluit panjang ditiup, kedudukan tak berubah 2-1.
Newcastle - Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse came off the bench to condemn Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea to a first defeat of the season.
The Senegal international struck with his sixth goal of the season four minutes after replacing Remy Cabella, and then added a second 12 minutes from time.
Magpies defender Steven Taylor was dismissed for a second bookable offence and substitute Didier Drogba headed Jose Mourinho's men back into the game with seven minutes remaining to spark a desperate, but ultimately fruitless, late flurry.
It was Chelsea's third successive league defeat on Tyneside and left Mourinho still awaiting his first win in the competition at St James' Park.
Even the returning Diego Costa could not prevent a Newcastle victory as rookie goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, who had replaced the injured Rob Elliot at the break, denied he and then defender Felipe Luis at the end in front of a crowd of 52,019.
Chelsea arrived on Tyneside defending a 21-game unbeaten run since the start of the season and t hey began in ominous fashion with Newcastle's policy of allowing opponents possession in front of them and attempting to hit them on the break resulting in one-way traffic for much of the opening half-hour.
With Costa restored to the side after suspension and Oscar, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas buzzing about behind him, they were utterly dominant in the early stages.
After Willian had twice shot wide, Fabregas saw a 23rd-minute effort deflected past the post after Taylor had blocked Hazard's initial attempt, and Elliot had to save from Costa after Magpies midfielder Cheick Tiote had given the ball to Oscar.
But Newcastle finally found their feet and might have been ahead with 32 minutes gone when Thibaut Courtois blocked Jack Colback's shot with a foot.
As Moussa Sissoko started to drive the home side forward, the game opened up and Colback had to make a last-ditch challenge on Costa on halfway to deny the Spaniard a run on goal.
However, the visitors continued to threaten and Costa went just wide with an acrobatic overhead kick on the stroke of half-time.
