Chelsea set for Champions League with 5-1 Newcastle rout

elsea arranged for its Champions League trek to Paris Saint-Germain by directing Newcastle 5-1 on Saturday, the greatest win of a hopeless Premier League season for the champions.

Chelsea moved to twelfth place however the London club remains 14 focuses from fourth place. Winning the Champions League is the main route once again into Europe's first class rivalry next season and the test resumes in Paris in the round of 16 on Tuesday.

Certainty will be high after this unequivocal win over transfer undermined Newcastle which saw Pedro Rodriguez score twice after Diego Costa's fifth-minute opener while Willian and Bertrand Traore additionally netted. There was a blow for Chelsea, with commander John Terry falling off before halftime with a "little solid issue" that will be surveyed on Sunday, supervisor Guus Hiddink said.

Hiddink stays unbeaten since supplanting let go director Jose Mourinho in December. "We attempted to press from the main moment to astound them and I think we did," Hiddink told British telecaster BT Sport. "We had an early objective and an early second objective so that made them extremely temperamental. "What, for me, is imperative is the great association protectively and not dropping back."

Chelsea dashed into a 3-0 lead inside 17 minutes and looked like champions, yet that was fundamentally down to Newcastle's cataclysmic shielding as Steve McClaren's group lost for the 6th straight away amusement to fall into the transfer zone beneath Norwich on objective contrast. Andros Townsend did score his first objective since joining Newcastle in the 90th moment yet it was a simple comfort.

"We got rebuffed extremely," McClaren said. "We have been uncovered today by a decent group."

Costa demonstrated no evil impacts in the wake of softening his nose up preparing on Thursday. Hiddink clowned Chelsea had a "Zorro group" after Costa joined Cesar Azpilicueta in requiring a face veil. Nemanja Matic and Gary Cahill have likewise as of late worn the security. "(Costa) needed to play urgently," Hiddink said. "The way the main objective was scored was commonly a striker who is fit as a fiddle."

In the fifth moment, Costa jumped in the case after Willian burst down the right channel and encouraged the striker. He extended a leg, beat Steven Taylor to the ball and flicked it crosswise over goalkeeper Rob Elliot and into the far corner. Next Pedro captured Rolando Aarons' go toward Daryl Janmaat and executed a fine complete in the ninth. Chelsea had a third when Costa beat Fabricio Coloccini to the ball and set up Willian to score in the seventeenth.

Terry felt the back of his leg and tottered away after a flying test with Aleksandar Mitrovic. The pair traded words soon thereafter and Terry was supplanted by Baba Rahman. However, Newcastle scarcely tried Chelsea's reshuffled safeguard as the hosts had further risks. Branislav Ivanovic had a shot blocked and Pedro lightened a shot after Jonjo Shelvey talented the ball to Costa.

Having lost Terry, it showed up Chelsea may likewise need to pull back Eden Hazard when Janmaat got the Belgian from behind. However, Hazard, on his first Premier League begin since Jan. 3, proceeded. Mitrovic was gotten by Cesc Fabregas on the edge of Chelsea's crate, yet no foul was given and Cahill obstructed Shelvey's exertion before Mitrovic let go wide crosswise over objective.

The brief whirlwind of assaulting action ahead of schedule in the second half added up to a purple patch for the guests, who soon yielded a fourth in the 59th. Taylor neglected to achieve Fabregas' ball over the top and Pedro tucked in effortlessly. "The fourth objective truly murdered us and that is the thing that can happen when you come here," McClaren said.

A fifth took after when Traore tucked in Azpilicueta's cross for his first Premier League objective in the 83rd. Peril figured out how to miss from short proximity before Townsend struck late on, terminating low into the net.

Djokovic's strength proceeds with, wins eleventh Grand Slam title

 MELBOURNE, Australia - Novak Djokovic left no space to scrutinize his strength on Sunday night. The 28-year-old Serbian vanquished No. 2 Andy Murray in straight sets, 6-1, 7-5, 7-6, in transit to his third-straight Grand Slam title and eleventh by and large.

This is his 6th Australian Open title, a record among the men's singles field. Four of those six have come against Murray.

Djokovic has now won 21-straight matches in Grand Slams, going back to the begin of Wimbledon a year ago. He just lost one Grand Slam match in 2015, when Stan Wawrinka beat him in the French Open last. The main thing missing from Djokovic's trophy case is that slippery French Open crown.

Murray was playing in his fifth Australian Open title. The two-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medalist told the media Friday that he knew he had a colossal undertaking in front of him, however anything could happen in any given match. Djokovic was 21-9 in their vocation no holds barred and had won 10 of his last 11 matches against the Scot, however Murray had twice beaten him in a noteworthy last.

Those past matches truly didn't make a difference, Murray said. However, Sunday, he neglected to make sense of an approach to put the apparitions of those past matches behind him. When he went to the platform a short time later, he figured out how to split a joke about it. "I sense that I've been here before," he said.

There was little he could have done. Djokovic was on his diversion from the principal point. He won the initial five recreations of the match, while Murray looked lazy. Murray played a more grounded second set, serving nine experts while hitting 21 champs, contrasted with two pros and eight victors from Djokovic. They remained focused to 3-3, then Djokovic broke. Murray crushed right spirit. The devastating blow came at 5-5, when Murray let a 40-Love advantage disappear. Djokovic shook off five straight focuses, breaking on an unforced mistake from Murray. Djokovic served out the set to take the two-set favorable position.

He kept that force going into the third, softening Murray up the main diversion. Murray crushed spirit at 3-2. The set when to a tiebreak. There, Djokovic overwhelmed. He fixed the win with an expert.

The win moves Djokovic into a tie with Roy Emerson for most titles at the Australian Open and into fifth spot on the rundown ever Grand Slam titles. He imparts fifth spot to Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver. Just Roy Emerson, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal have more.

Asked in his public interview what had happened in the primary set, Murray noted that'd he began moderate in each match this week. There's been a considerable measure going on, he said. His wife is over eight months pregnant. He said all through that he would leave on the off chance that she started giving birth. His dad in-law, Nigel Sears, was here, as he is mentors ladies' singles player Ana Ivanovic. Burns broken down amid Ivanovic's fourth round match and must be taken to a doctor's facility. Murray was likewise on court at the time, and went to see Sears straight in the wake of winning. Burns ended up being alright.

A passionate Murray specified the trouble of the week as he said thanks to the group on Sunday night.

"Lastly to my wife Kim, I'm certain she's watching back home," Murray said at the platform. "You've been a legend the most recent two weeks, thank you for the greater part of your backing. Furthermore, I'll be on the following flight home."

He later said he'd been on hang on each flight throughout the previous five days. The public interview was short, as it was at that point 11:15p.m. also, he was because of catch the 1a.m. out of Melbourne.

As Murray hurried to the air terminal, Djokovic's festival proceeded around the grounds.