Here is what the national press had to say following Newcastle’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea.
Newcastle owners criticised
The Guardian preferred to focus on the ownership models of both clubs rather than the game itself. David Hytner slammed Roman Abramovich and the Toon's new Saudi-backed regime: “It was a day when the action on the field felt strangely incidental, as Chelsea played at Stamford Bridge for the first time since the fall of their oligarch owner, Roman Abramovich, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
