Cole Palmer returned his Chelsea team to winning ways by leading it to victory over its guest, Newcastle, 2-1, on Sunday, in the ninth stage of the English Football League.

Italian coach Enzo Maresca's team entered the match on the back of a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at home, and a 1-2 loss at Liverpool's stronghold during the last two stages.

But he was able to regain his balance on Sunday against Newcastle, which continued its match at the stadium of its London rival, as it had not tasted victory in all competitions since May 2, 2012 (2-0 in the league).

Chelsea started the match well, opening the scoring in the 18th minute when Palmer launched the ball from his team's midfield and passed it to Portuguese Pedro Neto, who manipulated two defenders before passing it to Senegalese Nicholas Jackson, and the latter put it into the net, scoring his sixth goal of the season.

But Newcastle entered the half-time break at the same distance from its host, after Swede Alexander Isak gave them the equalizer in the 38th minute with a pass from Lewis Hall on a silver platter.

No sooner had the referee announced the start of the second half than Palmer put Chelsea back in front after a pass from Belgian Romeo Lafia (47), raising his score to 7 goals in the league this season and his team’s score to 17 points, temporarily in fourth place on goal difference against its neighbor Arsenal, which He later plays with Liverpool at the top of the stage.

The victory over Newcastle, whose score froze at 12 points after receiving their fourth defeat, comes in a “rehearsal” for the two teams’ meeting on Wednesday in the eighth-final of the League Cup competition, and before the two difficult tests for Maresca’s men against Manchester United and Arsenal in the next two stages.

Also in London, Manchester United's suffering continued with its fatal defeat against its host West Ham 1-2, and it was content with one win in its last eight matches in all competitions, which increases the pressure on its Dutch coach, Erik ten Hag.

And after it seemed that the two teams were on their way to a goalless draw, West Ham opened the scoring in the 74th minute through Dutch substitute Crescencio Summerville after a pass from Danny Ings.

United thought they would come back with a point when Brazilian Casemiro scored the equalizer with a header following a corner kick and a headed pass from Dutchman Joshua Sirke (81).

However, after resorting to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), West Ham took a penalty kick caused by Dutchman Matthijs de Ligt, who brought down Ings in the forbidden area, and Jarrod Bowen successfully converted it (2 + 90), giving the Hammers their third victory. To advance to thirteenth place directly ahead of United on goal difference.

After a series of five consecutive defeats against its London neighbour, Crystal Palace regained its reputation as a guest of Tottenham and inflicted on them their fourth defeat this season by defeating them with a goal scored by Frenchman Jean-Philippe Mateta in the 31st minute, giving his team its first victory this season and its sixth point, while the score was frozen. Australian coach Ange Postecoglou's team is at 13 in eighth place.