Newcastle United defeat Chelsea 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Yoan Gouffran and Loic Remy

CHELSEA were prevented from taking over temporarily at the top of the EPL table after a shock 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United.

CHELSEA were prevented from taking over temporarily at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday after being dealt a shock 2-0 defeat at Newcastle United.

Jose Mourinho's side fell to second-half goals by Yoan Gouffran and Loic Remy on a rain-soaked afternoon in northeast England.

It was Chelsea's second defeat of the campaign and their second consecutive loss away to Newcastle, while Mourinho has now gone four league games without victory at St James' Park in his two spells as Chelsea coach.

"I didn't like it. I think we deserved to lose,'' Mourinho told BT Sport.

"We had a couple of good chances to score the equaliser, but they were in the game more than us, they fought more than us and they were much more committed than us.''

Chelsea's best chances of the first half both came from corners and fell to John Terry, who saw one header come back off the crossbar and another headed off the line by a stooping Davide Santon.

Chelsea slip to third place, with Liverpool overtaking them on goal difference, while Newcastle climb to ninth.

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