Kieran Trippier Anthony Gordon Martin Dubravka Fabian Schar Alexander Isak Sean Longstaff Rodrigo Muniz Marek Rodak Kenny Tete Bobby De-Cordova Brazil Fulham Newcastle soccer F.A. Cup Sport victory cup as Kieran Trippier Anthony Gordon Martin Dubravka Fabian Schar Alexander Isak Sean Longstaff Rodrigo Muniz Marek Rodak Kenny Tete Bobby De-Cordova Brazil

Newcastle compound Fulham's misery as they ease to FA Cup victory

rte.ie

Newcastle showed signs of being back to their best as they knocked Fulham out of the FA Cup with a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage.Sean Longstaff scored in the first half before Dan Burn dealt the final blow to Marco Silva's men in the fourth-round tie.Newcastle, who last played on 13 January and are without a league win in four, looked fresh as they inflicted more cup misery on Fulham, ending their hopes of silverware following their Carabao Cup semi-final defeat to Liverpool earlier this week.The west Londoners were sloppy in possession and after Marek Rodak bailed his team-mates out with a quick-thinking stop to deny Kieran Trippier’s cross-shot, Anthony Gordon’s long-range effort missed the target, whistling past the Fulham goalkeeper’s left-hand post.Rodrigo Muniz was given a rare start and the Brazil forward was taking his opportunity, forcing a fingertip save from Martin Dubravka before his turn of pace saw Fabian Schar give away a yellow card on the break after 21 minutes.Fulham lacked cohesion after manager Silva made seven changes from the XI that played in Wednesday’s Carabao Cup exit.A great chance went begging for Newcastle when Alexander Isak rounded the keeper but failed to pull the trigger in time as the ball trickled out for a goal-kick.But Newcastle breached Fulham’s defence as the hosts’ frailties continued into the 39th minute.Trippier tested the waters with another in-swinging cross which seemed routine for Fulham to deal with.Kenny Tete and Bobby De Cordova-Reid ran into each other instead of clearing their lines before the ball fell to Longstaff, who powered home from inside the area.Silva turned to the bench in the form of the experienced Willian and the Brazilian swung the momentum in the Cottagers’

Related News
Eddie Howe is confident Newcastle will protect themselves to prevent sporting director Dan Ashworth from taking inside knowledge with him to Manchester United.
Roy Keane says Dan Ashworth’s history of job-hopping should be a point of concern for Manchester United amid their approach of the Newcastle United chief.
Manchester United dilaporkan sudah mendekati Direktur Keolahragaan Newcastle United Dan Ashworth. Merekrut pejabat di posisi itu jadi prioritas MU selanjutnya.
One of last summer's most surprising moves was Cole Palmer's decision to switch treble winners Manchester City for Chelsea.
UCD was no match for Ulster University in the Sigerson Cup final as the side from Ulster ran out 3-12 to 15 points for UCD.

Latest News

Change privacy settings
This page might use cookies if your analytics vendor requires them.