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Strikes from Brazilian duo Ramires and Willian cancelled out earlier goals from Ayoze Perez and Georginio Wijnaldum that looked to have the Magpies cruising.

An equaliser came three minutes later, however, as Willian’s free-kick evaded everybody and flew into the net.

However, it was Newcastle who struck next as Wijnaldum escaped Fabregas in the penalty area to nod home Perez’s cross in the 60th minute.

Ramires could have sealed all three points and his manager’s first win at St James’ Park in the 89th minute but his header was superbly saved by Krul as Newcastle held on for a point.

Ramires almost put the Blues in front with a header off another Willian free kick, but Krul made a wonderful save to keep Newcastle level.

Perez managed to get himself in between Zouma and Ivanovic and Anita crossed from deep and when the Chelsea pair inexplicably failed to intervene, the striker cushioned the ball before volleying it past the helpless Begovic.

And Jose Mourinho’s issues grew as Newcastle enjoyed the better of the first half, deservedly heading to the break ahead thanks to Perez’s fine strike.

Late goals from substitutes Ramires and Willian denied Newcastle their first win of the season as Chelsea fought back to claim a 2-2 draw at St James’ Park.

Chelsea raced out of the blocks in he second half, controlling the lion’s share of possession. They brought more intensity, midfield pressing, more recovery, much more dynamic arriving in risky positions.

“In the end, the way we played an responded after this week, to a man, their attitudes were excellent and I thought the crowd responded to that”.

It really is two points lost, but taking into consideration the fact that they lost this fixture last season, it does seem a good improvement.

He added: “I have to try to understand why one team can play so bad in one half and so well in other”. Poor individual performances, too many.