20/02/2005  Newcastle 1 Chelsea 0
 
Chelsea's quadruple dream withered and died at Newcastle after Jose Mourinho's double FA Cup gamble backfired spectacularly.

Mourinho, who already had skipper John Terry suspended, chose to rest six more key players ahead of the Champions League trip to Barcelona, a decision he was forced to re-think after seeing Patrick Kluivert head the home side into a fourth-minute lead.

Damien Duff, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Frank Lampard were all drafted in at the break, but 'Plan B' was ripped up within two minutes when full-back Wayne Bridge was stretchered off with a suspected broken ankle.

The visitors ended the game in disarray with only nine men after 'keeper Carlo Cudicini was sent off in injury time.

The Blues still had enough quality to push Newcastle all the way to the whistle, but apart from Mateja Kezman's 24th-minute lob, which came back off Shay Given's crossbar, never really troubled the Irishman as Graeme Souness' men battled their way into the quarter-finals on a bitterly cold Tyneside afternoon in front of a crowd of 45,740.

It was Chelsea's first defeat in 16 games and only their second in 30, but just what the Magpies' boss needed after several tough weeks.