By Luke Edwards
at St James’ Park
Steve Bruce said he would take the
cup competitions seriously, that
this would be the exciting shift in
approach he would bring as New-
castle United manager, but this was
an all too familiar and depressingly
early exit for the club.
Newcastle actually lasted longer
in the competition than they nor-
mally do but it was by minutes
rather than days as they lost on pen-
alties to an almost full-strength
Leicester City side.
It also came at a cost as Bruce lost
another three players to injury –
including Matt Ritchie, who was
forced off by what he called a “hor-
ror tackle” from Leicester mid-
fielder Hamza Choudhury.
“His leg is a mess, he has cuts in
three places and ankle damage,” he
said. “You don’t like to see players
sent off but when you lunge in and
are over the top, it can damage peo-
ple. Believe me, it’s a horrible one.”
Bruce had stopped short of saying
he would prioritise the cups – what
manager of a club threatened by rel-
egation can ever claim that – but in
making seven changes to the side
that beat Tottenham Hotspur, he
inevitably left himself open to criti-
cism when the team sheets arrived.
In the end, his side played rea-
sonably well, Yoshinori Muto’s sec-
ond-half goal cancelling out James
Maddison’s deflected free-kick. Yet
they lost in the second round of the
Carabao Cup for the third year in a
row as Kasper Schmeichel saved
the penalties of both Jonjo Shelvey
and Isaac Hayden. Newcastle have
not played more than two games in
this competition in 11 out of the last
14 seasons.
“I was forced to make five or six
changes [because of injuries] and
we have lost three tonight,” Bruce
said. “We just have to get on with it
and I’m pleased with how we went
about things, particularly in the
second half. There was nothing in
the game.”
Newcastle started well, spring-
ing forward whenever they could,
but their lack of cutting edge –
Bruce had only one fit striker to put
in the team – is a concern.
Some of the football was promis-
ing but the end product was unsat-
isfactory and Leicester took the
lead when Maddison’s free-kick
flicked off the head of Ritchie, leav-
ing goalkeeper Karl Darlow com-
pletely wrong-footed.Newcastle were not playing
badly but they needed some crea-
tivity and found it from a set-piece
of their own. Fabian Schar’s quickly
taken free-kick caught Ricardo
Pereira napping and Jetro Willems
did well, taking the high ball down,
on the run, on his chest. He may
well have been fouled as Pereira
tried to recover ground but the ball
broke kindly for Muto to tap in from
close range.
Leicester might have won it
through Ayoze Perez but he was
thwarted by former team-mate Dar-
low, while at the other end a thun-
derous strike by Shelvey was kept
out by the fingertips of Schmeichel.
Things fizzled out after that, the
game played at a pre-season pace as
both sides seemed content enough
to decide things with penalties.
“I think our team selection
showed this is a competition we
want to take seriously,” Leicester
assistant manager Chris Davies said.Newcastle United (3-5-1-1) Darlow; Clark, Schar,
Fernandez; Krafth (Manquillo 50), M Longstaff, Hayden,
Shelvey, Willems (Dummett 78); Ritchie (Atsu 45);
Muto. Subs: Dubravka (g), Ki, Lascelles, S Longstaff.
Booked Ritchie, Fernandez.
Leicester City (4-3-3) Schmeichel; Ricardo, Morgan
(Evans 57), Soyuncu, Fuchs; Tielemans, Choudhury (Praet
45), Maddison; Barnes, Vardy, Perez. Subs Ward (g),
Justin, Gray, Albrightson, Mendy.
Booked Soyuncu, Choudhury, Morgan.
Referee Tim Robinson (West Sussex).Decisive penalty: Jamie Vardy scores
for Leicester in their shoot-out victoryEFL Cup 2nd round
AFC Bournemouth (0) 0 Forest Green (0) 0
AFC Bournemouth win 3-0 on penalties.
9,657
Burnley (1) 1 Sunderland (1) 3
Rodriguez 11 Grigg 35, Flanagan 47
Dobson 50 7,445
Lincoln City (1) 2 Everton (1) 4
Anderson 1 Digne 36
Andrade 70 Sigurdsson 59 pen
Iwobi 81, Richarlison 88
9,971
Newcastle (0) 1 Leicester (1) 1
Muto 53 Maddison 34
Leicester win 4-2 on penalties. 22,727
QPR (0) 0 Portsmouth (0) 2
Marquis 77 pen
Harness 81 7,783
Swansea (5) 6 Cambridge Utd (0) 0
Peterson 1, Byers 20
Surridge 24 45
Garrick 31, Routledge 76 8,763
Rotherham (0) 0 Sheff Wed (0) 1
Nuhiu 90 8,679
Champions Lge Play-offs 2nd Leg
Ajax (1) 2 Apoel Nicosia (0) 0
Ajax win 2-0 on agg.
Club Brugge (0) 2 LASK Linz (0) 1
Club Brugge win 3-1 on agg.
Slavia Prague (0) 1 CFR Cluj (0) 0
Slavia Prague win 2-0 on agg.
EMIRATES FA CUP.-Preliminary rd replay:
Longridge Town 0 Charnock Richard 2.
BETVICTOR SOUTH.-Div 1, South: Evesham Utd
4 Slimbridge 3.Cricket
t20 Blast - North Group
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire
At New Road: Match abandoned without a ball
bowled, 1pt each.
P W L T NR Pts R/R
Lancashire (Q) 13 7 2 0 4 18 0.77
Nottinghamshire (Q) 13 6 3 0 4 16 0.67
Derbyshire (Q) 14 7 5 0 2 16 0.02
Worcestershire (Q) 13 6 4 0 3 15 0.28
Warwickshire 13 4 6 1 2 11 -0.42
Leicestershire 13 4 6 0 3 11 -0.47
Northamptonshire 12 3 5 0 4 10 -0.21
Durham 13 4 7 0 2 10 -0.28
Yorkshire 12 2 5 1 4 9 -0.20Cycling
LA VUELTA A ESPANA (L’Eliana - Alto de
Javalembre, 170.7km).-Stage 5: 1 A M Ruiz
(Spain) Burgos-BH 4h 58m 31s. Selected: 14 N
Roche (Rep of Ireland) Team Sunweb +2m 17s;
41 J Knox (GB) Deceuninck-QuickStep +4-47; 46
H J Carthy (GB) EF Education First +5-17; 133 O
Doull (GB) Team Ineos +17-03; 142 I Stannard(GB) Team Ineos +17-34; 157 T G Hart (GB) Team
Ineos +19-33; 167 S Bennett (Rep of Ireland)
Bora-Hansgrohe +21-15. Overall: 1 M A Lopez
(Colombia) Astana Pro Team 18h 55m 21s; 2 P
Roglic (Slovenia) Team Jumbo-Visma +14s, 3 N
Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team +23; 4 A
Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team +28; 5 Roche
+57. Selected: 27 Knox +5m-08; 30 Carthy
+5-43; 112 Doull +25-55; 121 Stannard +27-42;
124 Hart +28-25; 154 Bennett +37-36.Rowing
WORLD CH'SHIPS (Linz-Ottensheim).-Men,
Singles (1st 3 to A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): QF
1: 1 Holland 6-48.75. QF 2: 1 Norway 6-49.40.
QF 3: 1 Germany 6-49.07. QF 4: 1 Czech Rep
6-48.43; 4 GB (T Barras) 6-53.13. Doubles (1st
3 to A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): QF 1: 1 Poland
6-15.06. QF 2: 1 Holland 6-16.66. QF 3: 1 GB (J
Collins & G Thomas) 6-14.21. QF 4: 1 China
6-12.42. Pairs (1st 3 to A/B semi, rest to C/D
semi): QF 1: 1 Croatia 6-30.27. QF 2: 1 Italy
6-37.92. QF 3: 1 Australia 6-31.51. QF 4: 1
New Zealand 6-29.70; 3 GB (M Bolding & T
Jeffery) 6-31.62. Lightweight singles (1st 3 to
A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): QF 1: 1 Hungary
6-57.73; 2 GB (S Mottram) 6-58.85. QF 2: 1
Mexico 6-54.59. QF 3: 1 Canada 6-56.90. QF 4:
1 Italy 6-53.88. Lightweight doubles (1st 3 to
A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): QF 1: 1 Italy
6-19.35. QF 2: 1 Germany 6-19.54. QF 3: 1
Ireland 6-20.84; 4 GB (J Copus & Z Lee-Green)
6-28.43. QF 4: 1 China 6-25.11.Women, Singles (1st 3 to A/B semi, rest to C/D
semi): QF 1: 1 US 7-29.00. QF 2: 1 GB (V
Thornley) 7-30.69. QF 3: 1 New Zealand
7-28.20. QF 4: 1 Ireland 7-21.03. Doubles (1st
2 to A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): Rep 1: 1
Romania 6-56.41. Rep 2: 1 Lithuania 6-56.41.
Rep 3: 1 Italy 6-59.22. Rep 4: 1 Canada
7-02.65; 3 GB (R Siddorn & K Edwards) 7-08.80.
Pairs (1st 3 to A/B semi, rest to C/D semi): QF 1:
1 Canada 7-10.96; 3 GB (S Courty & A Withers)
7-14.25. QF 2: 1 Australia 7-08.74. QF 3: 1
New Zealand 7-07.36. QF 4: 1 US 7-09.35.
Lightweight doubles (1st 3 to A/B semi, rest to
C/D semi): QF 1: 1 GB (E Craig & I Grant)
6-59.09. QF 2: 1 New Zealand 6-52.48. QF 3: 1
Holland 6-57.64. QF 4: 1 France 7-00.80.Tennis
US OPEN (New York).-Men, 2nd rd: R FEDERER
(Switzerland, 3) bt D Dzumhur (Bosnia-Herz) 3-6
6-2 6-3 6-4; K NISHIKORI (Japan, 7) bt B Klahn
(US) 6-2 4-6 6-3 7-5. Women, 2nd rd: E
SVITOLINA (Ukraine, 5) bt V Williams (US) 6-4
6-4; M KEYS (US, 10) bt L Zhu (China) 6-4 6-1;
KAROLINA PLISKOVA (Czech Rep, 3) bt M
Bolkvadze (Georgia) 6-1 6-4.
Tuesday's late results: Men, 1st rd: A Hoang
(France) bt L Mayer (Argentina) 3-6 6-2 6-7 (6-8)
6-1 6-3; N KYRGIOS (Australia, 28) bt S Johnson
(US) 6-3 7-6 (7-1) 6-4; G MONFILS (France, 13)
bt A Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 6-3; M
Copil (Romania) bt U Humbert (France) 6-3 5-7
7-6 (13-11) 4-6 6-1; H Laaksonen (Switzerland)bt M Cecchinato (Italy) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (8-6) 2-6 3-6
7-6 (7-2); D Shapovalov (Canada) bt F AUGER-
ALIASSIME (Canada, 18) 6-1 6-1 6-4; F Tiafoe
(US) bt I Karlovic (Croatia) 6-2 6-3 1-2 ret; A
Bedene (Slovenia) bt J Kovalik (Slovakia) 6-3 6-4
7-5; B PAIRE (France, 29) bt B Schnur (Canada)
6-2 6-4 6-4; D S SCHWARTZMAN (Argentina, 20)
bt R Haase (Holland) 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 6-0; E
Gerasimov (Belarus) bt L G Harris (S Africa) 7-5
7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-3); T Sandgren (US) bt J Tsonga
(France) 1-6 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 7-5; V
Pospisil (Canada) bt K KHACHANOV (Russia, 9) 4-6
7-5 7-5 4-6 6-3; H Chung (South Korea) bt E
Escobedo (US) 3-6 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 6-2; T
Kokkinakis (Australia) bt I Ivashka (Belarus) 6-3
7-6 (10-8) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2; R NADAL (Spain, 2) bt J
Millman (Australia) 6-3 6-2 6-2.
Women, 1st rd: C Gauff (US) bt A Potapova
(Russia) 3-6 6-2 6-4; T Babos (Hungary) bt C S
NAVARRO (Spain, 28) 6-2 ret; A Tomljanovic
(Australia) bt M Bouzkova (Czech Rep) 1-6 7-5 6-1;
A SABALENKA (Belarus, 9) bt V Azarenka (Belarus)
3-6 6-3 6-4; Y Putintseva (Kazakhstan) bt M
Brengle (US) 6-3 6-3; D VEKIC (Croatia, 23) bt R
Hogenkamp (Holland) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3; S Cirstea
(Romania) bt K Siniakova (Czech Rep) 7-5 6-2; A
Bolsova (Spain) bt B Z STRYCOVA (Czech Rep, 31)
6-3 0-6 6-1; C WOZNIACKI (Denmark, 19) bt Y
Wang (China) 1-6 7-5 6-3; A Kalinskaya (Russia)
bt S STEPHENS (US, 11) 6-3 6-4; K Ahn (US) bt S
Kuznetsova (Russia) 7-5 6-2; E MERTENS
(Belgium, 25) bt J B Teichmann (Switzerland) 6-2
6-2; Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Rep) bt D Parry
(France) 6-4 6-3.Fixtures Kick-off 7.45 unless stated
EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFF 2ND LEG
AIK Stockholm (0) v Celtic (2) (6)
Karabakh (2) v Linfield (3) (5)
Rangers (0) v Legia Warsaw (0)
Wolverhampton (3) v Torino (2)
WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL
Belgium v England (6.30)
WOMEN’S EUROPEAN CH'SHIP Q'FYING
Faroe Islands v Wales (5)Cricket
TOUR MATCH (day 1 of 3).-Derby: Derbyshire v
Australia (11).
T20 BLAST.-North Group: Emerald Headingley:
Yorkshire v Northamptonshire (6.30). South
Group: The Ageas Bowl: Hampshire v Middlesex
(6.30). Canterbury: Kent v Gloucestershire (7).
The Kia Oval: Surrey v Essex (6.30).Rugby League
BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE: Salford v Warrington.Sport on TV
ATHLETICS: Diamond League, Zurich - Eurosport
2 7pm. CRICKET: Vitality Blast, Sky Sports Main
Event, Sky Sports The Ashes - 6pm. CYCLING:
Vuelta a Espana - Eurosport 1 1.45; Deutschland
Tour - Eurosport 2 2.15. FOOTBALL: Europa Lge,
AIK v Celtic - Premier 1, 6.00, Wolves v Torino -
Premier 2, 7.45; Women’s International Friendly,
Belgium v England - BBC Two 6.15. GOLF: The
Omega European Masters - Sky Sports Main Event,
Sky Sports Golf 10.30, 2.30.Database
Sport Carabao Cup
Bruce fumes at ‘horror
tackle’ in shoot-out exit
Newcastle United
Muto 53^1
Leicester City
Maddison 34^1
Leicester win 4-2 on penalties Att: 22,727
Travers spares Bournemouth blushes
Goalkeeper Mark Travers saved
Bournemouth from
embarrassment to send Eddie
Howe’s men into the third round of
the Carabao Cup thanks to a 3-0
penalty shoot-out win after a
goalless draw at home to Forest
Green.
Travers saved all three of the
League Two visitors’ spot-kicks
from Joseph Mills, Kevin Dawson
and James Morton as the Premier
League side triumphed in the
shoot-out.
Jordon Ibe also saw his penalty
saved by the heroic Jojo Wollacott
but Joshua King, Dominic Solanke
and Philip Billing converted for the
hosts.
In-form Swansea City were the
top scorers of the evening,
hammering Cambridge 6-0 with
Sam Surridge on target twice in the
second half.Sheffield Wednesday won their
derby clash with Rotherham 1-0,
Atdhe Nuhiu scoring six minutes
into added time while Portsmouth
won 2-0 at Queens Park Rangers,
John Marquis and Marcus Harness
the scorers.
Third-round draw Wolves v Reading, Oxford v West
Ham, Watford v Swansea, Brighton v Aston Villa, Sheff
Utd v Sunderland, Colchester v Tottenham, Portsmouth v
Southampton, Burton v Bournemouth, Preston v Man
City, MK Dons v Liverpool, Man Utd v Rochdale, Luton v
Leicester, Chelsea v Grimsby or Macclesfield, Sheff Wed v
Everton, Arsenal v Nottm Forest, Crawley v Stoke.
Ties to be played week beginning Sept 23.ROUND-UP
8 ** Thursday 29 August 2019 The Daily Telegraph
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