Chelsea player ratings: Benoit Badiashile a ‘disaster’ against Newcastle, Mykhailo Mudryk comes to rescue in Carabao Cup win on penalties over Newcastle
Chelsea's scraped through in a penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Newcastle… and it was nervy.
Lots of chances, plenty of the ball, and dreadful defending — it could be pretty much any Blues game.
Mauricio Pochettino's side saw plenty of the ball against an injury-hit Newcastle — who had a number of key men out of action.
They were perhaps fortunate to still have 11 players on the pitch with Moises Caicedo putting in a nasty challenge on Anthony Gordon — if VAR were in operation then maybe it would have been a different story.
Chelsea will not want to see the goal back again either, it was a comedy of errors — with Benoit Badiashile largely at fault — that saw Newcastle go a goal ahead.
The home side managed more than 70 per cent possession, with 13 shots but only two of those were on target.
Meanwhile, Newcastle had three shots and just one on target — Callum Wilson's one that mattered.
It was then Mykhailo Mudryk who came to the Blues' recuse in the second minute of added time — thanks to a Kieran Trippier error.
A 4-2 penalty shootout win sent them through to the semi-final, with Magpies duo Trippier and Matt Ritchie failing to convert their respective spot-kicks.
Here at talkSPORT.com, we have rated and slated those Chelsea performances.
The only real involvement the Chelsea goalkeeper had in the game was picking the ball out of the back of the net. There wasn't really much he could do about that either.
But he ended the game the hero as he saved Ritchie's penalty as they won 4-2 in the shootout.
The right-back for the evening had a quiet game, by no means the worst of the Chelsea back line. Replaced in the 78th minute.
Had an opportunity to stop Wilson for the Newcastle goal, but it was his partner who
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