Luis Suarez's control in bringing down Jose Enrique's 50-yard ball with his shoulder and shimmying past goalkeeper Tim Krul was sublime.
Even Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had to agree.
Alan Pardew: "Suarez is a top player.
"He caused us problems and when he plays the game in the right spirit he is a fantastic player.
"Coloccini's red card was bad for us.
"I don't think there is any malicious intent but it doesn't look good and we may have to accept it.
"But I don't want to make it a big issue about the referee.
"Morale for referees must be really low because of what is going on (regarding Chelsea's complaints about Mark Clattenburg) and so I had no problem with his performance, which was spot on.
"It was a tough game to manage."