But two games in 48 hours was a tough ask for Newcastle, and although yesterday saw a different team, a lot of those players travelled to Athens.
Alan Pardew: "Hazard is a difficult player because he travels with the ball and buys time and when you have someone who can do that you can time your runs off it.
"He just has a kind of nonchalance about him that marks him out as a great player, every time he got the ball today he made the right decision - he has made a difference to Chelsea.
"I thought Torres was good today, I have seen him a few times up close and that was one of his better games that I have seen, certainly the second goal was a classic goal.
"He had some good moments today and it is good for Chelsea that he is playing well.
"In the first half I genuinely thought we looked a bit lacklustre and lacked a bit of a spark in that period.
"Chelsea were good in that first half and I don't want to take anything away from them but the goals were bad for us - the goal just before half-time was a killer blow really.
"We really had a go second half, we didn't shut up shop or try and cover our losses we tried to get back in it - so I'm fairly positive about my team."