Chelsea's next five games compared to Liverpool, Man Utd and rivals after Newcastle defeat

Chelsea suffered a 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United to see their Premier League top-four hopes dealt a blow

Chelsea's top-four hopes were dealt a blow as they were beaten by Newcastle United in the Premier League. The Blues were on the receiving end of a 1-0 defeat to the Magpies in the Saturday evening clash at Stamford Bridge.

Anthony Gordon opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half to leave Chelsea an uphill task to get back into the game and secure three points.

The defeat is a blow to Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying for the Champions League, with top-four rivals Manchester United, Aston Villa and Liverpool all in action on Sunday afternoon.

Chelsea will now be focused on facing Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last-16 second leg next week, where they face the task of needing to overturn a three-goal deficit from the 5-2 defeat in the reverse fixture.

Here, football.london takes a look at Chelsea’s upcoming fixture list compared to some of their top-four rivals...

Chelsea’s next fixtures in all competitions

PSG (H) - Tues 17 March (8pm) - Champions League

Everton (A) - Sat 21 March (5:30pm) - Premier League

Port Vale (H) - Saturday, April 4 (5.15pm) - FA Cup quarter final

Manchester City (H) - Sun 12 April (4.30pm) - Premier League

Manchester United (A) - Sat 18 April (8pm) - Premier League

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Liverpool’s next fixtures in all competitions

Tottenham (H) - Sun 15 March (4:30pm) - Premier League

Galatasaray (H) - Wed 18 March (8pm) - Champions League

Brighton (A) - Sat 21 March (12.30pm) - Premier League

Manchester City (A ) - Sat 4 April (12.45pm) FA Cup quarter final

Fulham (H) - Sat 11 April (5.30pm) - Premier League

Aston Villa’s next fixtures in all competitions

Manchester United (A) - Sun 15 March (2pm) - Premier League

Lille (H) - Thurs 19 March (8pm) - Europa League

West Ham (H) - Sun 22 March (2.15pm) - Premier League

Nottingham Forest (A) - Sat 11 April - Premier League

Sunderland (H) - Sat 18 April - Premier League

Man United’s next seven fixtures in all competitions

Aston Villa (H) - Sun 15 March (2pm) - Premier League

Bournemouth (A) - Fri 20 March (8pm) - Premier League

Leeds United (H) - Sat 11 April (3pm) - Premier League

Chelsea (A) - Sat 18 April (3pm) - Premier League

Brentford (H) - Monday, April 27 (8pm) - Premier League