• NEWCASTLE RATINGS: Mark Gillespie - 5: Dreadful mistake by summer signing to allow Tristan Abrahams’ weak shot to squirm through his grasp and into the net after five minutes. Vital save with his legs in the shootout. Getty
    NEWCASTLE RATINGS: Mark Gillespie - 5: Dreadful mistake by summer signing to allow Tristan Abrahams’ weak shot to squirm through his grasp and into the net after five minutes. Vital save with his legs in the shootout. Getty
  • Javie Manquillo - 6: Left with a bloody mouth after taking forearm to the face in first half. Almost gifted Padraig Amond with a goal just before the break after the Spaniard failed to deal with a cross from the right. Woeful cross out of play in last 20 minutes with Newcastle players perfectly placed in box. Getty
    Javie Manquillo - 6: Left with a bloody mouth after taking forearm to the face in first half. Almost gifted Padraig Amond with a goal just before the break after the Spaniard failed to deal with a cross from the right. Woeful cross out of play in last 20 minutes with Newcastle players perfectly placed in box. Getty
  • Emil Krafth - 7: Full-back playing out of position in centre of defence but acquitted himself well against the physical fourth-tier side. AP
    Emil Krafth - 7: Full-back playing out of position in centre of defence but acquitted himself well against the physical fourth-tier side. AP
  • Federico Fernandez - 7: Captain in absence of Jamaal Lascelles. Failed to close down Scot Bennett when the Newport man guided a chance wide just before break. Rarely troubled after in second half. PA
    Federico Fernandez - 7: Captain in absence of Jamaal Lascelles. Failed to close down Scot Bennett when the Newport man guided a chance wide just before break. Rarely troubled after in second half. PA
  • Jamal Lewis - 6: Failed to gel with Fraser down the left. Signing from Norwich looked better going forward than defensively. Allowed Newport to send over a few dangerous crosses in first half. Reuters
    Jamal Lewis - 6: Failed to gel with Fraser down the left. Signing from Norwich looked better going forward than defensively. Allowed Newport to send over a few dangerous crosses in first half. Reuters
  • Jonjo Shelvey - 6: Booked after 15 minutes for needless foul. Should have made it 1-1 five minutes before break but could only miscue the ball which trickled back to the keeper. Had been poor until five minutes from time when he turned a player inside out then curled it into the top corner. His first moment of quality - but a crucial one. Reuters
    Jonjo Shelvey - 6: Booked after 15 minutes for needless foul. Should have made it 1-1 five minutes before break but could only miscue the ball which trickled back to the keeper. Had been poor until five minutes from time when he turned a player inside out then curled it into the top corner. His first moment of quality - but a crucial one. Reuters
  • Sean Longstaff - 5: Midfielder looked to attack from start but distribution was sadly lacking at times. Finally found his range after break with superb ball over top to hand chance to Fraser. Still looks a shadow of the player who first burst onto the scene at Newcastle a couple of seasons ago. PA
    Sean Longstaff - 5: Midfielder looked to attack from start but distribution was sadly lacking at times. Finally found his range after break with superb ball over top to hand chance to Fraser. Still looks a shadow of the player who first burst onto the scene at Newcastle a couple of seasons ago. PA
  • Jacob Murphy - 8: Newcastle’s biggest attacking threat throughout. Fizzed early ball across six-yard box that was crying out for a touch. Forced two decent stops out of the Newport keeper and fired another just wide in first half. Had four or five chances in second half but didn't score until shootout. Reuters
    Jacob Murphy - 8: Newcastle’s biggest attacking threat throughout. Fizzed early ball across six-yard box that was crying out for a touch. Forced two decent stops out of the Newport keeper and fired another just wide in first half. Had four or five chances in second half but didn't score until shootout. Reuters
  • Ryan Fraser - 5: Agonisingly close to getting on the end of Longstaff cross in a first half. But the former Bournemouth man was wasteful in possession and poor with final ball in key moments. Couldn’t get on end of excellent Longstaff ball just after break. Denied goal by magnificent Brandon Cooper tackle. AP
    Ryan Fraser - 5: Agonisingly close to getting on the end of Longstaff cross in a first half. But the former Bournemouth man was wasteful in possession and poor with final ball in key moments. Couldn’t get on end of excellent Longstaff ball just after break. Denied goal by magnificent Brandon Cooper tackle. AP
  • Miguel Almiron - 5: Fleeting flashes of his pace but Newcastle needed more from the Paraguay international. Should have done better with chance at start of second half but could only shoot straight at keeper. Reuters
    Miguel Almiron - 5: Fleeting flashes of his pace but Newcastle needed more from the Paraguay international. Should have done better with chance at start of second half but could only shoot straight at keeper. Reuters
  • Andy Carroll - 5: Big striker needed more support up front and ended up being dragged out of attacking positions looking for the ball. Never looked like ending his scoring drought. Getty
    Andy Carroll - 5: Big striker needed more support up front and ended up being dragged out of attacking positions looking for the ball. Never looked like ending his scoring drought. Getty
  • SUBS: Joelinton - (On for Carroll 62') 5: Abysmal penalty miss in shootout. Getty
    SUBS: Joelinton - (On for Carroll 62') 5: Abysmal penalty miss in shootout. Getty
  • Callum Wilson (On for Almiron 62') 7: Instantly offered more attacking threat when he came on. Went close a couple of times and gave Murphy a verbal roasting for shooting when he was better placed. Scored in shootout. PA
    Callum Wilson (On for Almiron 62') 7: Instantly offered more attacking threat when he came on. Went close a couple of times and gave Murphy a verbal roasting for shooting when he was better placed. Scored in shootout. PA
  • Fabian Schar (On for Krafth 72') 6: Returning from injury and scored in shootout. Reuters
    Fabian Schar (On for Krafth 72') 6: Returning from injury and scored in shootout. Reuters

Football

Jacob Murphy 8, Jonjo Shelvey 6, Andy Carroll 5: Newcastle United player ratings against Newport

Premier League club survive scare to beat fourth-tier side in penalty shootout and reach League Cup quarter-finals

Gareth Cox

October 01, 2020

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Newcastle United survived a huge League Cup scare to reach the quarter-finals on penalties after drawing 1-1 at Newport County in normal time.

Steve Bruce's side won the shootout 5-4 after Jonjo Shelvey spared their blushes three minutes from the end of normal time by cancelling out Tristan Abrahams' early strike.

Even in the spot-kick contest Newport held the edge after Joelinton saw his effort saved by home goalkeeper Nick Townsend.

But Mark Gillespie saved Ryan Taylor's effort and Brandon Cooper blazed over the bar to hand Newcastle the tie after Callum Wilson, Fabian Schar, Shelvey, Jacob Murphy and Sean Longstaff had converted from the spot.

Newcastle had swatted aside League Two opposition in the previous round when winning 7-0 at Morecambe.

Magpies manager Steve Bruce said:  "I have to credit Newport, you can understand now how they’ve beaten Watford and Swansea this year and in the past Middlesbrough and Leeds and they took City all the way. They beat Leicester as well, you can understand why.

"They’re a decent football side, congratulations to the manager and players; they threw everything at it, particularly in the last 10 to 15 mins.

"It looked like we wouldn’t get the breakthrough for a long time and we understand that’s our Achilles heel.

"We had 27 attempts on goal, 10 on target but until you get a goal it's always in the balance and they got one after five minutes which disturbs you and it gives them even more belief than they already had."

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