00:00So Nugat's United are through to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals after a 2-0 win over Chelsea
00:06here at St James' Park.
00:07Anyhow, just on my shoulder there.
00:09Two goals inside three minutes in the first half was enough for the win.
00:14First Alexander Izak scoring before a slightly comical own goal and that was all she wrote
00:19in terms of scoring.
00:20Nugat's United have done a much improved performance from what they put in on Sunday against the
00:24same opponents and it was a result that they really needed after that and after two defeats
00:28in a row in the Premier League to come and beat a high-quality opposition at home in
00:33the Carabao Cup and set up a quarter-final tie with Brentford, which the draw's just
00:37been done.
00:38So that's a brilliant tie for Nugat's on the next round and a chance at a semi-final again.
00:42But yeah, Nugat's has mentioned 2-0 winners against Chelsea, two goals in the first half.
00:48Alexander Izak did well for the first one.
00:49It was brilliant work from Julian and he was fantastic all game.
00:52We'll talk about him in a minute but he won the ball back from Renato Vega.
00:57Xander Otonali was quick on it.
00:58He's fed through Izak.
00:59Izak did what he did all last season and what he's been missing this year really, just slid
01:03comfortably past Philip Jorgensen and Chelsea goal and Nugat's went 1-0 ahead.
01:07And you think, can they do what they've done so many times in Erie Howe and what they're
01:11really good at on the Erie Howe and can they capitalise on that momentum?
01:14And they did.
01:15Two minutes later, they got a free kick.
01:17There was some talk before the game about their free kick or record, sorry, from set-pieces.
01:21They improved that this time with Lewis Hall spotting Izak sort of drifting off.
01:26Izak got a little bit of space on the left, he put a cross in, you know, a dangerous cross.
01:32Joe Willock got a flick on it and there was Axel Desassi to poke home, pass his own goalkeeper,
01:37putting Nugat's up 2-0 up and that was all she wrote in terms of the score.
01:41Nugat's did very well in the second half just to nullify the game, Eddie Howe switched to
01:44back five.
01:45And yeah, that was it.
01:46Nugat's did very well to stop Chelsea really having any attack.
01:51Paul Palmer was on the bench, he didn't get brought on by Enzo Maresca.
01:55And other than that, Chelsea had a couple of chances, Nick Pope made a couple of saves
01:58but Nugat's did really well against Chelsea and we'll be really happy over there.
02:02The Knights work, as I mentioned, got a special shout-out for Jolent and Eddie Howe even actually
02:06gave a special shout-out to Jolent in his press conference earlier before he was asked
02:10about and just saying how he is a fantastic player, fantastic game from him, his versatility.
02:18He played on the left wing today, obviously he plays the central midfielder quite often
02:22but he played out on the left today and he was brilliant.
02:24Him and Joe Willock struck up a partnership that worked so well for him a couple of seasons
02:27ago.
02:28And yeah, he gradually got deeper as the game went on but was even the force of play, almost
02:33as a wing-back in that second half when they switched to five at the back to see the game
02:37out.
02:38So yeah, it was a brilliant performance from Jolent and Bruno, he started on the bench
02:43but he came on for the last half and he was supreme, he was just fantastic.
02:47He won fouls, did exactly what he needed to do, a real caps performance off the bench.
02:51Lewis Miley got a very late introduction to the game on his first minutes of this match
02:56so yeah, brilliant night all round for Newcastle and as I said, about 45 minutes an hour after
03:01the game finished, the Cup draw was made and they've got a game against Brentford now.
03:05We've seen Brentford in the Carabao Cup a couple of seasons ago knock Newcastle out
03:08so it's not an easy game by any means, you know, Thomas Frank's side will be hard to
03:12beat and they'll fancy their chances come there but it's a good draw, it's a home draw,
03:16that was the one they wanted.
03:17I think they would have fancied anyone at home but especially, they've avoided Arsenal,
03:20they've avoided Liverpool, Manchester City were knocked out today so they've avoided
03:24the bigger teams and they've got Brentford.
03:26It's going to be a difficult game but they'll fancy their chances, especially at home.
03:30And yeah, after two defeats in a row in the Premier League, things coming into today were
03:35a bit worried, where would they go, will they start on the downhill side, you know, if they
03:39lost today with Arsenal and Nottingham Forest coming up for the international break it could
03:43have really been a dangerous few weeks but they've got over this hurdle and they'll be,
03:47this place will be bouncing again on Saturday with hopes of potentially defeating Arsenal
03:51here again.
03:52Yeah, so Newcastle 93 win the Carabao Cup, probably their best performance of the season,
03:57certainly first half was definitely up there as their best without a shadow of a doubt.
04:01And Newcastle 92 Chelsea 0 through the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
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