After three defeats in their last four, Chelsea manager Graham Potter could not afford another woeful performance against Newcastle on Saturday. And yet that's exactly what the Blues served up in their 1-0 loss at St. James' Park.
Joe Willock popped up to fire the Magpies to an important victory, lifting Eddie Howe's team up to third in the Premier League before the World Cup break.
But while Newcastle are flying, Chelsea can only sing the blues as they suffered a third straight loss; a run that has dropped them to eighth in the table.
It's the first time in 20 years that the west London side have suffered three straight losses (excluding penalty shootouts), and this was certainly a deserved one.
Potter has a monumental task ahead of him to fix a side who were second best throughout. They struggled to deal with the pressure from Newcastle at times and were hopeless going forward, with Armando Broja kept silent up front as Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher were unable to offer him any support or build any attacks.
At the back, the likes of Cesar Azpilicueta and Kalidou Koulibaly were totally exposed and looked totally unworthy of a place in the starting XI.