The prospect of watching Chelsea vs Manchester United with any relevance to Newcastle United used to be a pipe dream. Just months ago, Toon supporters were praying the likes of Burnley, Norwich City or Watford would fail to scrape a result in the relegation dogfight.
The Magpies were dealt a hammer blow in January when Joao Pedro’s late equaliser snatched a crushing equaliser for Watford at St James’ Park. Astonishingly, Newcastle had now surrendered 21 points from winning positions - an ominous sign which thumped another nail into their top-flight coffin.
As we all know, the start of a dramatic turnaround would occur one week later with a gutsy 1-0 win at Leeds United. Following that up with an emphatic home victory over Everton lifted United out of the drop zone - and they have never looked back.
