Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez was unhappy with the refereeing in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Chelsea.

The Magpies were looking likely to secure a draw after Joselu cancelled out Eden Hazard's penalty. But the Blues managed to restore their lead when Willian's free-kick was turned into a shot from Marcos Alonso, which subsequently rebounded off DeAndre Yedlin for an own goal. And Benitez wasn't happy the referee awarded either foul.

He told Sky Sports: "We wanted to stay in the game and try to take our chances. We were very close but the penalty was soft, the foul was soft.

"Maybe they could have scored at the end with the quality they have on the counter-attack but, no, these two situations. It's a pity because we were very close.

"We knew playing open against them, with their quality and ability, they can beat players in one-versus-one situations. Between the lines, they are very dangerous.

"We needed to be compact, maybe we could frustrate them into mistakes and we'd have chances. The penalty changed everything and we had to be more open.

"We scored a goal but we were so open they had two or three counter-attacks. If they scored from one of these chances, fine, but they had a soft foul and a second ball from a free-kick where we needed to be more aware."