Newcastle United produced a phenomenal display to thrash Chelsea at St James' Park on Saturday afternoon. 

Eddie Howe is without a number of influential first-team players due to injury but his young side gave one of their finest performances of the season to beat Mauricio Pochettino's strugglers 4-1. 

Goals from Alexander Isak, Jamal Lascelles, Joelinton and Anthony Gordon scored the goals, with Raheem Sterling's impressive free-kick the only blot on a fantastic afternoon for the Toon. 

On his return to the side, Isak put Newcastle ahead after just 13 minutes, as he collected a superb through ball from 17-year-old Lewis Miley and confidently finished past Robert Sanchez for 1-0. 

However, the visitors were level when Sterling stepped up to curl a free-kick past the stationary Nick Pope into the top corner. 

The hosts should have been back in front before half-time, but Joelinton somehow conspired to head Kieran Trippier's corner wide despite being completely free at the back post. 

The England right-back was also unfortunate not to score a goal of his own, as his superb free-kick came back off Sanchez's bar, to ensure it would remain 1-1 at half-time. 

However, the Blues completely collapsed in the second half, thanks to a combination of ill discipline and poor mistakes. 

Lascelles headed the Toon back in front after a sumptuous cross from Gordon, and it was 3-1 just a minute later as Thiago Silva gifted fellow Brazilian Joelinton the ball just outside the area, with the marauding midfielder left with the simple task of beating Sanchez one-on-one. 

It got worse for Chelsea as Reece James lost out to the ever-willing Gordon and brought him down, to earn a second yellow card and his marching orders. 

The former Everton winger got the goal his performance deserved late on as he raced onto Miguel Almiron's pass before cutting inside and curling into the far corner for 4-1. 

A fine result for Howe's side which pushes them back into seventh in the Premier League, with the small matter of Paris Saint Germain to look forward to in Paris on Tuesday, November 28 at 8pm.