Kai Havertz has scored an 89th-minute winner to give Chelsea a 1-0 Premier League victory over Newcastle United in their first home match since Britain's Government sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich with an asset freeze.
Seeking to move further clear of the relegation area, the visitors frustrated the European champions for much of the game with their harrying.
But with the match seemingly heading for a draw, Jorginho launched a long pass over the Newcastle defence to Havertz and the German controlled the ball with his left foot, before firing past Martin Dubravka.
Havertz appeared to have got a second in added time, but Dubravka got a hand to his shot, which dropped onto the bar.
The win left the Blues in third place on the table, 10 points behind leaders Manchester City, but on course for a top-four finish to guarantee a spot in next season's Champions League. Newcastle are 14th, nine points clear of the relegation zone.
Meanwhile, Arsenal returned to the top four, when goals from Thomas Partey and Alexandre Lacazette earned them a 2-0 win at home to Leicester City.
The win moves the Gunners a point ahead of Manchester United, but crucially, Mikel Arteta's side have three games in hand on their rivals for the final Champions League slot.
Partey put Arsenal ahead in the 11th minute with a simple, glancing near-post header from a Gabriel Martinelli corner that was poorly defended by the Foxes.
Arsenal's second came after Kasper Schmeichel parried out a Martin Odegaard free-kick and Partey's goalbound header was cleared off the line by Luke Thomas.
But the video replay showed that Leicester defender Caglar Soyuncu had reached out a hand towards Partey's header and after reviewing the monitor, referee Anthony Taylor pointed to the spot and Lacazette drilled home the spot-kick.
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