FA CUP : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS BRIGHTON – 02/03/2025 (PHOTO – DANNY WELBECK CELEBRATES)

THE NEWCASTLE UNITED MATCH WAS FULL OF DRAMA YESTERDAY, WITH NEWCASTLE’S ISAK SHOWING JUST HOW IT WAS DONE,

ISAK SCORES FOR THE FIRST GOAL 

SCORING A CRACKER FROM A PENALTY AT 22 MINUTES WHICH SENT MUCH EXCITEMENT AROUND THE STADIUM!  INDEED, NEWCASTLE HAD 15 SHOTS, WITH 5 ON TARGET, MADE 534 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY THROUGHOUT. BUT IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG AFTER THAT FOR BRIGHTON TO EQUALISE WITH A STUNNER FROM YANKUBA MINTEH AT 44 MINUTES!

DURING THE MATCH, ANTHONY GORDON WAS SENT OFF FOR VIOLENT CONDUCT JUST BEFORE THE END OF NORMAL TIME, AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY WITH JAN PAUL VAN HECKE WHEN HE CAUGHT HIM IN THE FACE AFTER THEY WENT AFTER THE BALL,

AND WILL NOW BE BANNED FOR 3 MATCHES, INCLUDING THE CARABAO CUP. TARIQ LAMPTEY WAS ALSO RED CARDED IN THE 91ST MINUTE (AFTER A PREVIOUS YELLOW DURING THE MATCH), FOLLOWING A CLUMSY CHALLENGE ON JACOB MURPHY.

AND THEN, IN THE 114TH MINUTE, DANNY WELBECK SCORED A SPECTACULAR LATE FINISHER FOR BRIGHTON, LEAVING NO TIME FOR NEWCASTLE TO PROGRESS ANY FURTHER, AS THE MATCH FINISHED IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO BRIGHTON, WHO WILL NOW GO THROUGH TO THE QUARTER FINALS, WITH NEWCASTLE LEAVING THE COMPETITION.