Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren was delighted with Kevin Mbabu's performance in their draw with Chelsea.

The Switzerland youth international made his Premier League debut against the champions in the 2-2 draw and was handed the tough task of man marking ex-Barcelona ace Pedro.

But McClaren gave his performance the thumbs up, and said: “You kind of do that when you have to.

“We didn't have a left-back and we didn't want to move Chancel out of the middle – I thought he was excellent with Colo today.

“We just thought, 'Well, give Kevin a chance'. He did well at right-back.

“We asked him yesterday, 'Have you played left-back?', and he nonchalantly said, 'Yeah'. We said, 'Any problem?', he said, 'No'.

“He didn't know until an hour before the kick-off. He responded and the crowd also gave him a huge lift."