Chelsea vs Newcastle player ratings: Werner 3, Havertz 8; Burn 8, Wood 4

Late Havertz goal earns Chelsea all three points against Newcastle at Stamford Bride

CHELSEA RATINGS: Edouard Mendy - 7: No serious save to make until fine stop from blockbusting Almiron volley on stroke of half-time. Reuters

Trevoh Chalobah - 6: Somehow escaped giving away penalty in second half when clearly pulling shirt and shoving over Murphy. PA

Antonio Rudiger - 8: Some galloping runs down left that resulted in Chelsea winning a couple of corners. No problems at all defensively and a key player who Chelsea really need to pin down on a new deal. Reuters

Andreas Christensen - 8: Had game’s first shot in second minute but flew over bar from distance. Assured afternoon’s work from Dane who easily dealt with aerial threat with Wood. PA

Malang Sarr - 6: French defender playing on left of a Chelsea back four and didn’t put a foot wrong but didn’t offer much going forward. Reuters

Jorginho - 8: Usual tidy passing from base of midfield and was Italian's brilliant ball over defence that set-up Havertz for his winner. EPA

N’Golo Kante - 7: Brilliant sweeping up on edge of box when Longstaff was lining up shot. Usual reliable day’s work from the Frenchman and a constant bright spark in midfield for Chelsea. Getty

Hakim Ziyech - 6: Struggled to find any space against a very well-drilled Newcastle backline. Booked for high kick on head of Guimaraes. Getty

Mason Mount - 5: One acrobatic volley high and wide from edge of box and tried to catch out Dubravka with free-kick to near post but could only find side netting. Struggled to make impact and hooked just after hour mark. AP

Kai Havertz - 8: Yellow card for elbow in face of Burn that could have been red. Should have opened scoring in 76th minute but headed straight at Dubravka. Redeemed himself with stunning touch and finish to win game for Chelsea, then saw Dubravka turn another shot onto bar. Getty

Timo Werner - 3: Chelsea’s intricate passing through midfield seem to falter once it reached feet of German. Woeful first-touch after beating offside trap in second half when goal would have been at his mercy. Painfully short of form and confidence. AFP

SUBS: Romelu Lukaku – (On for Werner 63’) 4: Did nothing and barely touched the ball. Getty

Mateo Kovacic – (On for Mount 63’) 6: Booked for sliding challenge on Guimaraes. AP

Christian Pulisic – (On for Sarr 78’) N/A. PA

NEWCASTLE RATINGS: Martin Dubravka - 7: Not a save to make until Chelsea’s first attempt on target in 76th minute when Havertz headed straight into his hands. No chance with German’s winner, then turned shot from same player on to bar minutes later. Reuters

Fabian Schar - 8: Allowed Rudiger free header from corner in first five minutes that needed a block from teammate. Important interception in box to turn Rudiger cross out for corner. Headed decent chance straight at Mendy five minutes from time. PA

Jamaal Lascelles - 7: Club captain returned to starting XI and got his positioning and his timing spot on to deny Werner half-chance in first half. Didn’t put foot wrong until losing Havertz for German’s headed chance in second half. EPA

Dan Burn - 8: Made feelings to Havertz clear after taking elbow in face from Chelsea attacker in first half. Had been immense once again at the back for Newcastle but left devastated after being caught out by Jorginho pass for Havertz’ winner. AFP

Javier Manquillo - 7: On right of a what was a Newcastle back five and the Spaniard played his part in disciplined Newcastle defensive display. AP

Matty Targett - 7: Lovely first touch to beat Kante and then send dangerous cross into box that Wood should have done better with. Delivery from left was excellent. EPA

Sean Longstaff - 6: A rare start for the midfielder. Chased and harried Chelsea throughout. Distribution was hit and miss, though. AP

Bruno Guimaraes - 6: The new Magpies fans’ favourite had quiet first half but fizzed dipping strike wide just after break. Booked for foul on Kovacic. Didn't hit the highs of midweek full debut against Brighton. Getty

Jacob Murphy - 6: Off balance and well off target with ambitious shot in 20th minute from tight angle. Booked for slight tug back on Ziyech. Should have earned Newcastle a second-half penalty after clearly being fouled in box by Chalobah. Getty

Miguel Almiron - 6: Another who has found game time limited this season and looked rusty early on. Gave away free-kick in dangerous position with needless kick on Ziyech. Forced good stop from Mendy with thumping volley in first-half injury time. Getty

Chris Wood - 4: Scored first goal in midweek win at Southampton and should have done better with first-half header that he failed to connect with from Targett cross. Hold-up play wasn't up to normal standard and looked slow and cumbersome at times. PA

SUBS: Allan Saint-Maximin – (On for Almiron 69’) 4: Contributed absolutely nothing after coming on when Newcastle needed some attacking spark, although team as whole were sitting too deep by this point. Reuters

Dwight Gayle – (On for Manquillo 90+1’) N/A. Booked straight after coming on for foul on Jorginho. Getty

Ryan Fraser – (On for Murphy 90+1’) N/A. Getty

A last minute goal by Kai Havertz earned Chelsea all three points against Newcastle United at Stamford Bride on Sunday.

The London club facing an uncertain future after the UK government's sanctions on owner Roman Abramovich because of his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

But the focus shifted back on to the pitch, for a short while anyway, as Thomas Tuchel's side edged past a Newcastle side that had been unbeaten this year.

Havertz scored the last-gasp winner - following a magnificent pass over the Newcastle defence by Italy midfielder Jorginho - to send Stamford Bridge wild.

Tuchel went on to say that helping to build spirits for the club as a whole was all he and his players could do at the moment.

He said: “The decision will come and the decision is that the club is for sale and hopefully there will be a sale because this will calm the situation down.

“For me personally, I’m generally not a person who is worried too much. We talked today with the team also that it is I think important and our responsibility to set the spirit and to show the spirit for everybody who is working at Stamford Bridge and at Cobham.

“Chelsea is not only the first team and Chelsea is not only the first-team manager. Chelsea is a huge academy, and Foundation, people who run this club – like hundreds of them – and they worry much more at the moment than actually us because we are still privileged.

“For them, it’s important that we show fighting spirit like this. This is what we can do and everything else, unfortunately we cannot influence and, maybe because we absolutely cannot influence, maybe it gives us the chance to put it aside every three days and focus on what we can influence.”