Dwight Gayle gave the visitors a surprise lead when he finished in the 12th minute, only for Hazard and Alvaro Morata to reply
before half-time.
Hazard then made sure of the points in the 74th minute when he chipped in a penalty after Victor Moses was fouled by Matt
Ritchie.
The win sees Chelsea strengthen their position in the top four - and move level on 32 points with Manchester United, who play
Arsenal on Saturday evening - while Newcastle have now lost five of their last six matches..

Player ratings
Chelsea: Courtois \(6), Azpilicueta \(6), Rudig \(7), Christensen \(6), Moses \(7), Kante \(7), Drinkwater \(6), Fabregas \(7), Alonso \(7),
Hazard \(, Morata \(7). Subs: Bakayoko \(5), Willian \(5), Cahill \(5)
Newcastle: Darlow \(6), Mbemba \(4), Clark \( Lejeune \(4), Manquillo \(4), Murphy \(5), Merino \(5), Diame \(4), Ritchie \(4), Perez \(4),
Gayle \(5). Subs: Shelvey \(5), Hayden \(5), Yedlin \(5)

Man of the match: Eden Hazard
Newcastle manager Rafa Benitez was making his return to Stamford Bridge for the first time since winning the Europa League during a six-month interim spell in charge in 2011/12.
He could hardly have asked for a better start as Gayle pounced in the 12th minute after Thibaut Courtois spilt a shot from Jacob
Murphy.
But Chelsea responded well and, after Hazard was denied by Karl Darlow and Andreas Christensen headed against the post, it was Hazard who levelled in the 21st
minute.