{"id":60644,"date":"2014-10-30T07:24:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T07:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=60644"},"modified":"2014-10-30T07:25:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T07:25:46","slug":"league-cup-round-up-newcastle-knock-out-man-city-spurs-cruisecapital-one-cup-round-up-newcastle-knock-out-man-city-spurs-cruisebournemouth-draw-liverpool-derby-face-chelsea-in-league-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/10\/league-cup-round-up-newcastle-knock-out-man-city-spurs-cruisecapital-one-cup-round-up-newcastle-knock-out-man-city-spurs-cruisebournemouth-draw-liverpool-derby-face-chelsea-in-league-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"League Cup round-up: Newcastle knock out Man City, Spurs cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"
Newcastle United conjured up an incredible shock as they dumped out Capital One Cup holders\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0with an impressive 2-0 win at the Etihad.<\/p>\n
Few would have given the Toon Army much of a chance, particularly as Alan Pardew continued to show his disregard for cup competitions by naming a second string XI.<\/p>\n
But the young charges repaid their manager’s faith handsomely with a blistering start that brought an early award as 18 year old Rolando Aarons put the visitors in front after just six minutes.<\/p>\n
The Magpies’ harrying was causing City problems and after Fernandinho poorly relinquished possession, Aarons seized on the ball and sent a fabulous strike through Willy Caballero’s legs.<\/p>\n
Newcastle had to put in a hell of a shift in defence to repel a strong Blues side and when the Toon’s backline was breached, reserve goalkeeper Rob Elliot came to his side’s rescue, denyingStevan Jovetic\u00a0and\u00a0Yaya Toure\u00a0with fine saves.<\/p>\n
Pardew’s side were producing well on the counter-attack though, and Paul Dummett went desperately close to doubling the visitors’ tally with an excellent volley that Caballero turned away, while on the stroke of half-time it took a last ditch Martin Demichelis block to stop Adam Armstrong scoring.<\/p>\n
City looked bereft of ideas in attack and were left breathing a huge sigh of relief when referee Stuart Atwell failed to award a clear penalty after Gabriel Obertan was hacked down\u00a0Aleksandar Kolarov\u00a0when clean through on goal.<\/p>\n
Fortunately the controversy would have no bearing on the result as substitute\u00a0Moussa Sissoko\u00a0netted the decisive goal on 75 minutes, bursting through the Blues’ feeble defence and firing home to send the travelling supporters delirious.<\/p>\n
And Manchester City simply had no answer to Newcastle’s performance as the visitors held on for a famous victory against Manuel Pellegrini’s struggling side.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Graziano Pelle’s last gasp strike sent\u00a0Southampton\u00a0into the quarter-finals as they beat a ten-man Stoke 3-2 at the Britannia Stadium.<\/p>\n
The Saints appeared to be cruising with just 20 minutes gone after the Italian scored an early stunner to put Ronald Koeman’s side ahead and then Shane Long doubled their tally.<\/p>\n
But fresh from a\u00a0Mark Hughes\u00a0rollicking, Stoke emerged early from the half-time break and worked their way back into the game as\u00a0Steven N’Zonzi\u00a0clawed a goal back.<\/p>\n
In a game of two halves, the Potters continued to lay siege to Southampton’s goal and finally got their reward when\u00a0Mame Biram Diouf\u00a0stooped to head home from a fourth successive corner.<\/p>\n