Newcastle United 2-1 West Ham United, Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace - Barclays Premier League as it happened
Chelsea have scored a late, late, late equaliser! It's the skipper John Terry who finds the back of the net with a neat backheel in the 97th minute of injury time. One problem though, Terry was clearly offside. The officials have made a big error there and Roberto Martinez will rightfully be upset with that.
Rob Elliot denies West Ham an equaliser! Kouyate's header is batted away and Newcastle immediately embark on a counter attack. Luckily for them, Mitrovic is leading it and to the surprise of no one, his tame effort is blocked. The ball breaks to Sissoko but he lashes another terrible effort clean over the bar.
Another chance wasted by Newcastle! Shelvey again is at the heart of the move, threading an excellent ball through for Mitrovic who cuts inside his man in the box with the goal at his mercy. He opens up his body and tries to side foot one into the far corner, but instead he drives it straight at Adrian. Woeful.
Newcastle have been a little careless in the last few minutes, inviting West Ham onto them. Steve McClaren's side should have scored at least four or five today, going forward his side have looked dangerous with Janmaat in particular excelling down the right, but their finishing has been fairly awful.
Chelsea are level! Two goals in two minutes! Tim Howard is at fault for the first as he misreads a long ball, allowing Costa to scamper in and slot home. Before Everton have time to dust themselves off, their lead is wiped away when Cesc Fabregas' shot takes a big deflection to carry it into the bottom corner.
Shelvey is having a cracker on his debut for Newcastle. The former Swansea man picks out Janmaat with a wonderful cross field pass straight into the Dutchman's path whose ball into the middle is equally good. Arriving in the box, Wijnaldum meets it first time and smashes it into the roof of the net.
Manchester City vs Crystal Palace
City: Hart, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, Fernando, Delph, De Bruyne, Silva, Aguero, Iheanacho
Subs: Caballero, Clichy, Sagna, Humphreys, Toure, Sterling, Navas
Palace: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney (c), Souare; Ledley, Cabaye; Puncheon, McArthur, Zaha; Wickham
Subs: Speroni, Kelly, Jedinak, Lee, Mutch, Chamakh, Campbell.
A debut for Shelvey then, with Saivet taking a spot on the bench this afternoon. It's the only change Steve McClaren has made to the side that drew 3-3 with Manchester United on Wednesday, with Tiote dropping out.
Just the one change from West Ham too, with Kouyate coming in for Andy Carroll, a move that should see Payet pushed further up.
BREAKING: Kouyate returns to the West Ham midfield this afternoon, the only change from the side that beat Bournemouth on Wednesday.
West Ham team to face Newcastle: Adrian, Tomkins, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Noble (c), Kouyate, Antonio, Payet, Valencia
Subs: Randolph (GK), Jenkinson, Reid, Song, Cullen, Moses, Jelavic
BREAKING: Jonjo Shelvey makes his full debut for Newcastle, starting in midfield alongside Jack Colback.
Newcastle team to face West Ham: Elliot, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett, Sissoko, Shelvey, Colback, Wijnaldum, Perez, Mitrovic
Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Gouffran, Saviet, Aarons, Toney, Riviere
TEAM NEWS: West Ham United
The Hammers have been boosted by the return of Dimitri Payet this past week and there is more good news with Victor Moses, Cheikhou Kouyate and Mauro Zarate all fit again. Manuel Lanzini and and Diafra Sakho remain on the sidelines, however, and have been joined by Andy Carroll who limped out of the 3-1 win over Bournemouth mid-week.
TEAM NEWS: NEWCASTLE UNITED
Both Jonjo Shelvey and Henri Saivet are in line to make their debuts for the Magpies this afternoon while youngster Rolando Aarons is available after recovering from injury. Siem de Jong is ruled out again however after suffering a freak training ground injury that left him bleeding from the eye. He joins Papiss Cisse on the sidelines. Cheick Tiote may have already played his last game for the club, he has been in talks with Shanghai Shenhua over a move to the Chinese Super League.
It hasn't been a bad week for Newcastle United, by their standards this season anyway. A thrilling 3-3 draw against Manchester United, marked by a last-minute equaliser from Paul Dummett, was accompanied by a double signing at St James' Park with the arrivals of Jonjo Shelvey and Henri Saivet from Swansea City and Bordeaux respectively.
What would be the cherry on the cake? Three points today, of course. Both new signings are in line to make their debuts this afternoon against a West Ham United side who are now just a point off a Champions League spot. Lifted by the return of their sublime Dimitri Payet, the Hammers have secured four straight wins in the league and FA Cup and are unbeaten in nine.
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