David Ljunggren: I have seen blunt plastic butter knives with more bite than Newcastle.

Anthony Rhodes: Chelsea are no longer threatening.

Dan Ullyatt: Imagine watching a “football” team that parks an 11 man bus week in week out...Newcastle fans...

Chelsea make their first change of the game as Ross Barkley comes on for Mason Mount.

Willian tries to float the ball into the box but yet again it is cleared by the Newcastle defence.

It feels like it is going to take something special to break the deadlock in this one.

Reece James' delivery deflects of Ciaran Clark and behind for another Chelsea corner - their seventh of the game. Once again it is a poor delivery as Callum Hudson-Odoi sends it over all his team-mates.

Steven Wild
Commentator for BBC Radio 5 Live

Chelsea are doing a little bit more with their possession in the second half. Willian wasted their best chance, shooting wide. The home side are yet to threaten since the break.

Jonjo Shelvey gets in the way of a Cesar Azpilicueta shot before Newcastle break quickly. Joelinton tries to pick his way through three players but hasn't exactly got twinkle toes and loses possession but the ball runs through to Jonjo Shelvey, whose long-ranger is saved.

Cesar Azpilicueta tests Martin Dubravka with a shot from outside the box but it is straight at the Newcastle keeper.

Isaac Hayden then goes in the book for bringing down Mason Mount. Chelsea have a free kick in a relatively dangerous position. It is played short to Jorginho but his ball into the box is over hit and goes behind.

Adam: One of those all too frequent games where Willian looks like he'd rather be elsewhere, get him off.

Chelsea break quickly after a Newcastle attack and the hosts are caught short at the back. Willian is played in down the left but swipes his shot wide of the far post.

A let off for Newcastle.

Newcastle are doing a good job of nullifying the threat of Willian. The Chelsea winger has two players on him as he receives the ball on the left and is attempted chip into the box is cut out and cleared.

Alistair Magowan
BBC Sport at St James' Park

Neither manager has looked too chuffed with his team tonight. After Newcastle lose possession again, Steve Bruce is telling his side "to get on the ball" with a few choice expletives added into the mix.

Frank Lampard has been less vocal but keeps turning his back to the pitch with a grimaced look when his team's forays break down.

Bit of a scrappy start to the second half with both sides producing disappointing final balls.

Frank Lampard has never been involved in a goalless draw as Chelsea boss, let's hope that run continues today.

We're back under way.

Anthony Middleton: Decent first half from Newcastle. Hit the woodwork and defended stoutly with a weaker team. Your move, Lamps.

Ben Thapa: Jonjo Shelvey looks like the focus of an episode of Quantum Leap: a dude who’s woken up accidentally on a Premier League field with no knowledge or experience, just hoping to make the best of it. MILES off the pace.

Southampton

Ralph Hasenhuttl on VAR's decision to overrule referee Darren England and award Wolves a penalty when Southampton were 2-1 up.

Should the referee have looked at the pitchside monitor?

"I was always a friend of letting the decision be done on the ground and not somewhere in Heathrow [Stockley Park is 2.4 miles from Heathrow]. This is why people come to the stadium to watch the game - if the ref had a look at screen then he would see he's right on his decision. It was not a clear wrong and not the time to overrule."

Have you spoken to the referee? "No. I will do later."

Crystal Palace

More from Roy Hodgson on the overturned penalty: "When a ball is smashed across the goal-line it is very hard for a defender not to give away a handball. But this was even harder for the player to get out of the way as it hit his leg and flew up and hit his arm.

"In my opinion, handball should only ever be given if it is deliberate. If every time a ball hits you it's going to be a penalty then it is going to be very difficult to defend properly.

"I would have been really disappointed for a penalty to be given."

On the comparison with last season's victory over Manchester City: "I thought the performance this year was better. We had a much stronger line-up last year. A lot of those players are in the treatment room.

"In some way I’m more pleased with the way the boys went about their business than last year’s victory."

Southampton

Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl on VAR overruling the referee to give a penalty when Saints were leading 2-1:

"It's not a clear wrong decision. The referee was right. I don't know why they overruled. Cedric was in front of Jimenez. It was not a clear wrong decision. Cedric was in front of the other player so he had no chance to get the ball. You can give it but it's not a clear wrong. You can only give it if it's a clear wrong."

Did that affect the team? "If you are two-up and get the equaliser then sure, then from VAR overruling it's not mentally easy. Then you saw rest of the game we had big problems to fight back.

"On the first goal didn't defend aggressive enough.

"The opponents were strong. We played much better and we got nothing.

"A few things we are still missing in our game. They were clinical and killed us. But the way it happened today it's not easy to understand."

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola speaking with Sky Sports: "We have had 25 shots and I don’t know how many corners. We did everything to win the game and unfortunately in the end we lost two points because we could not stop the counter attack.

“But we have to continue. There are still a lot of games to play. We have to try to secure the place for Champions League next season.

"We must recover, go to Sheffield then after that we have the FA Cup and then the Carabao Cup semi-final."

Just going to try and squeeze in a few more bits of reaction from the earlier games before the second half gets under way...

Lifa Nati: Reece James is a special talent, he doesn't have to try. Abraham, Hudson-Odoi and Mount still haven't reached their full potential, still a lot of developing to do.