Second-half goals from Dan Burn and Joelinton sent Newcastle into their first domestic Cup semi-final for 18 years
Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/ReutersPhotograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/ReutersIt has been a lengthy, frustrating and sometimes downright painful wait but Newcastle have reached their first domestic semi-final for 18 years.
The game had barely begun before Miguel Almirón’s blistering, zigzagging advance from deep left Leicester’s defenders rocking on their heels. When Almirón played in the impressive Joe Willock, the midfielder’s cross was good but Sean Longstaff could not quite polish things off and, much to Danny Ward’s relief, miscued his side-foot from eight yards, shooting scruffily into the ground before watching the ball spin harmlessly high and wide.
The closest Leicester came to threatening in the course of that rather chastening 45 minutes involved their former Newcastle forward Ayoze Pérez shooting straight at Nick Pope and Patson Daka dithering in a rare moment when he had the goal at his mercy. Parity at the interval was far from a disaster for Newcastle but in allowing an initially ferociously high tempo to drop the home side had offered Rodgers a glimmer of hope.Without ever really testing Pope – although anything might have happened had Youri Tielemans’s long-range shot not been deflected for a corner – his side had gained an albeit tentative foothold in the game.
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