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Football Carabao Cup

Schmeichel

and Vardy

deliver success

for Leicester

Kasper Schmeichel was Leicester’s

shootout hero after a tense draw

against Newcastle, saving spot-kicks

from Jonjo Shelvey and Isaac Hayden

before Jamie Vardy converted the deci-

sive penalty. It rendered Karl Darlow’s

save from Harvey Barnes immaterial.

Steve Bruce promised Newcastle

fans he would “give it a go” in the cups

but he still made seven changes from

the side that won at Tottenham last

Sunday. If the home Premier League

game with Watford on Saturday is the

priority on Tyneside, Brendan Rodgers

can aff ord to be a little more relaxed

about the spectre of relegation and it

showed in his team sheet.

With compromise rather less neces-

sary in the East Midlands there were

only two alterations to a Leicester

starting X I in which Ayoze Pérez

made a swift return to St James’ Park

fol lowing his £30m summer trans-

fer. Rodgers’s new forward – wearing

bright blue boots and with his every

touch booed – might have scored

within seconds of kick-off.

Newcastle held their own until Jetro

Willems conceded a free kick in a dan-

gerous area and the ensuing delivery

from James Maddison wrong-footed

Darlow courtesy of a hefty defl ection

off Matt Ritchie’s shoulder.

Ritchie was in the wars shortly

before half -time when Hamza Choud-

hury was arguably slightly fortunate to

escape with a booking after a wince -

inducing challenge on the winger

that would see him hobble off to be

replaced by Christian Atsu. Perhaps

concerned about Choudhury poten-

tially collecting a second yellow card,

Rodgers replaced his midfi eld enforcer

with Dennis Praet at the interval.

As Vardy’s hopes of building on

Maddison’s goal kept foundering on

the rocks of Bruce’s three -man back

line Newcastle sensed a glimmer of

opportunity. It arrived when Willems

charged into the area after meeting

Fabian Schär’s free-kick. Although

the Netherlands left -back was chal-

lenged as he ho med in on goal – and

possibly dived – the ball ran free for

Yoshinori Muto to tap in the equaliser

from inside the six -yard box. It pref-

aced the tie going to penalties.

Louise Taylor

St James’ Park

Liz Byrnes
Sincil Bank

Newcastle 1

Muto 53

Leicester 1

Maddison 34

Leicester win 4-2 on penalties

Lincoln 2
Anderson 1, Andrade 70

Everton 4
Digne 36, Sigurdsson 59pen, Iwobi 81, Richarlison 88

Newcastle United

3-4-3

Darlow; Schär,

Fernández•, Clark; Krafth

(Manquillo 50), Hayden,

Shelvey, Willems

(Dummett 78);

M Longstaff, Muto,

Ritchie• (Atsu 45)

Subs not used

Dubravka, Ki, Lascelles,

S Longstaff

Leicester City

4-2-3-1

Schmeichel; Ricardo,

Morgan• (Evans 57),

Soyuncu•, Fuchs;

Tielemans, Choudhury•

(Praet ht); Maddison,

Pérez, Barnes; Vardy

Subs not used

Ward, Justin, Gray,

Albrighton, Mendy

Referee Tim Robinson Attendance 22,727

Results

Football
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Final qualifying round: Second leg
Ajax (1) 2 Apoel (0) 0
Álvarez 43
Tadic 80 (agg 2-0)
Club Brugge (0) 2 Lask Linz (0) 1
Vanaken 70 Klauss 74pen
Bonaventure 89 (agg 3-1)
Slavia Prague (0) 1 CFR Cluj (0) 0
Boril 66 (agg 2-0)
CARABAO CUP
Second round
Bournemouth (0) 0 Forest Green (0) 0
(3-0 on pens) 9,657
Burnley (1) 1 Sunderland (1) 3
Rodriguez 11 Grigg 35
Flanagan 47
7,445 Dobson 50
Lincoln City (1) 2 Everton (1) 4
Anderson 1 Digne 36
Andrade 70 Sigurdsson 59pen
Iwobi 81
9,971 Richarlison 88pen

Newcastle (0) 1 Leicester (1) 1

Muto 53 Maddison 34

22,727 (2-4 on pens)

QPR (0) 0 Portsmouth (0) 2

Marquis 77pen

7,783 Harness 81

Swansea (5) 6 Cambridge Utd (0) 0

Peterson 1

Byers 20

Surridge 24 45

Garrick 31

Routledge 76 8,763

Rotherham (0) 0 Sheffield Wed (0) 1

8,679 Nuhiu 90

GEOSONIC LOWLAND LEAGUE

Gala Fairydean 0 East Stirlingshire 3; Gretna 2008 0

Cumbernauld Colts 0; Stirling University 4

Vale of Leithen 0

LIGUE 1

Lille 3 St-Étienne 0; Nice L Marseille L

Cricket

VITALITY T20 BLAST

North Group: New Road Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire.

Match abandoned, rain.

P W L T NR RR Pts

Lancashire 13 7 2 0 4 0.77 18

Nottinghamshire 13 6 3 0 4 0.67 16

Derbyshire 14 7 5 0 2 0.02 16

Worcestershire 13 6 4 0 3 0.28 15

Warwickshire 13 4 6 1 2 -0.42 11

Leicestershire 13 4 6 0 3 -0.47 11

Northamptonshire 12 3 5 0 4 -0.21 10

Durham 13 4 7 0 2 -0.28 10

Yorkshire 12 2 5 1 4 -0.20 9

KIA WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE

Blackpool Surrey 132-1 (L Lee 75, NR Sciver 50no).

Lancashire 97-7. Surrey won by 35 runs.

Ageas Bowl Lougborough 163-4 (AE Jones 74). Southern

Vipers 127 (AC Jayangani 3-18). Loughborough win by 36 runs.

Cycling

VUELTA A ESPAÑA

Stage five (L’Eliana-Alto de Javalembre; 170.7km)

1 A Madrazo (Sp) Burgos-BH 4hr 58min 31sec; 2 J Bol (Neth)

Burgos-BH +0:10sec; 3 J Herrada (Sp) Cofidis Solutions

Credits +0:22; 4 MA Lopez (Col) Astana +0:47; 5 A Valverde

(Sp) Movistar +0:59; 6 P Roglic (Svn) Jumbo-Visma at same

time; 7 T Pogacar (Svn) Emirates +1:29; 8 N Quintana (Col)

Movistar +1:41; 9 S Kuss (US) Jumbo-Visma s/t; 10 E Chaves

(Col) Mitchelton-Scott +1:46; 11 R Majka (Pol) Bora-

Hansgrohe +1:52; 12 P Latour (Fr) AG2R La Mondiale +2:05;

13 R Uran (Col) Education First +2:11; 14 N Roche (Ire)

Sunweb +2:17; 15 R Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin +2:26;

16 O Rodriguez (Sp) Euskadi-Murias; 17 M Soler (Sp)

Movistar s/t; 18 D Formolo (It) Bora-Hansgrohe +2:32;

19 V de la Parte (Sp) CCC; 20 W Kelderman (Neth) Sunweb s/t

Selected others: 41 J Knox (GB) Deceuninck-QuickStep

+4:47; 46 H John Carthy (GB) Education First +5:17;

133 O Doull (GB) Ineos +17:03; 142 I Stannard (GB) Ineos

+17:34; 157 T Geoghegan Hart (GB) Ineos at +19:33;

167 S Bennett (Ire) Bora-Hansgrohe +21:15

Overall standings: 1 MA Lopez (Col) Astana 18hr 55min

21sec; 2 P Roglic (Svn) Jumbo-Visma +0:14sec; 3 N Quintana

(Col) Movistar +0:23; 4 A Valverde (Sp) Movistar +0:28;

5 N Roche (Ire) Sunweb +0:57; 6 R Uran (Col) Education

First +0:59; 7 E Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott +1:17;

8 R Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe +1:18; 9 T Pogacar (Svn)

Emirates +1:49; 10 W Kelderman (Neth) Sunweb +1:50;

11 P Latour (Fr) AG2R La Mondiale +1:54; 12 D Formolo (It)

Bora-Hansgrohe +1:58; 13 V de la Parte (Sp) CCC +2:00;

14 M Nieve (Sp) Mitchelton-Scott +2:20; 15 G Bennett (NZ)

Jumbo-Visma +2:29; 16 S Garcia (Col) Education First +2:40;

17 F Aru (It) Emirates +2:47; 18 R Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-

Alpecin +3:18; 19 O Rodriguez (Sp) Euskadi-Murias +3:31;

20 D Martinez (Col) Education First +3:49

Selected others: 27 J Knox (GB) Deceuninck-QuickStep

+5:08; 30 H John Carthy (GB) Education First +5:43;

112 O Doull (GB) Ineos +25:55; 121 I Stannard (GB) Ineos

+27:42; 124 T Geoghegan Hart (GB) Ineos +28:25;

154 S Bennett (Ire) Bora-Hansgrohe +37:36

Fixtures

Football (6.30pm unless stated)

Uefa Europa League

Final qualifying round: Second leg AIK (0) v Celtic (2);

Antwerp (1) v AZ Alkmaar (1); Apollon Limassol (0) v PSV

Eindhoven (3); Bate (0) v Astana (3); Bnei Yehuda (0) v

Malmö (3); Eintracht Frankfurt (1) v Strasbourg (0); F91

Dudelange (1) v Ararat Armenia (2); Ferencvaros (0) v FK

Suduva (0); Guimarães (0) v Steaua Bucharest (0); Hapoel

Beer Sheva (0) v Feyenoord (3); Qarabag (2) v Linfield (3);

Maribor (0) v Ludogorets (0); Molde (1) v Partizan Belgrade

(2); Paok (0) v Slovan Bratislava (1); Rangers (0) v Legia

Warsaw (0); Riga (1) v FC Copenhagen (3); Rijeka (1) v

Gent (2); Spartak Moscow (0) v Braga (1); Trabzonspor (3) v

AEK Athens (1); Wolves (3) v Torino (2) Premier 1; Zorya (1)

v Espanyol (3)

Rugby league

Betfred Super League

Salford v Warrington (7.45pm)

Cricket (6.30pm unless stated)

Vitality T20 Blast

North Group: Headingley Yorkshire v Northamptonshire,

South Group: Ageas Bowl Hampshire v Middlesex;

Canterbury Kent v Gloucestershire (7pm);

The Oval Surrey v Essex

Tour match (first day of three)

Derby Derbyshire v Australians (11am)

Richarlison and Iwobi strike late to

save Everton from embarrassment

▲ Harry Anderson celebrates scoring
Lincoln’s opening goal of the game

Everton booked their place in the
third round of the Carabao Cup after
they responded to going behind after
21 seconds. It was a harsh fi nal score
for Lincoln who were on level terms
with nine minutes to go before Alex
Iwobi and Richarlison put the game
beyond them.
Djibril Sidibe , Fabian Delph, Moise
Kean and Iwobi made their full debuts
but if they had any illusions of settling
in and silencing a passionate home
crowd, then they were in for a rude
awakening.
Everton could hardly have made
a worse start as Harry Anderson
slammed Jack Payne’s cut-back into
the top corner to give Jordan Pickford
no chance.
The visitors responded immediately
by pouring forward although they
were met by a wall of red and they
created little of note before Gylfi Sig-
urdsson fi red over.

levelled giving Smith no chance with

a free-kick that was measured to

perfection.

The game immediately became

stretched and it was the visitors who

threatened to go ahead as Kean fi red

against the post and Richarlison hit a

fi rst-time shot wide before weaving

his way through the defence only to

shoot high and wide.

Sigurdsson then put the visitors

ahead with a penalty after Morgan

Schneiderlin was fouled by Michael

O’Connor, fi ring high into the corner.

A melee then ensued after two Lin-

coln players tried to retrieve the ball

with the Everton keeper, Jordan Pick-

ford, running the length of the pitch,

picking up a booking for his trouble.

It seemed as Everton had weathered

the storm only for Lincoln to equalise

when Andrade lashed the ball home

with as good a volley as you will see.

Back came Everton again with Iwobi

nodding home after 81 minutes before

Richarlison put the game beyond

doubt with an unstoppable header.

Cup nights under the lights are

always special but this was even more

poignant given the loss of Bury – who

fi nished one place behind League Two

winners Lincoln last season – less than

24 hours earlier. It is not so long since

Lincoln went perilously close to going

out of business in 2002 when so many

clubs were aff ected by the collapse of

ITV Digital.

Now the only way is up for a club

that has won two promotions and the

Checkatrade Trophy as well as reach-

ing the FA Cup quarter-fi nals since

Danny Cowley was appointed manager

in May 2016.

Lincoln City

4-4-1-1

Smith; Lewis, Bolger,

Shackell• (Bostwick

61), Toffolo; O’Connor,

Morrell (Eardley 61),

Anderson•, Payne

(Grant 64); Andrade•;

Akinde

Subs not used

Vickers, Chapman,

Walker, Sault

Everton

4-3-3

Pickford•; Sidibé, Keane,

Holgate, Digne;

Schneiderlin, Delph

(Calvert-Lewin 74),

Richarlison•;

Sigurdsson•, Iwobi

(Walcott 82), Kean (Tosun

74)

Subs not used

Stekelenburg, Baines,

Mina, Gomes

Referee Darren Bond Attendance 9,971

However, that left them susceptible

to the counterattack and Bruno

Andrade fi zzed a ball across goal that

also eluded John Akinde.

The hosts were grateful to Grant

Smith, though, when Iwobi unleashed

a curling shot the keeper did well to

tip over.

The visitors came down to earth

with a bump soon after though when

Delph’s shot went out for a throw-in.

You certainly could not fault Ever-

ton for eff ort as they forced a series

of corners with Michael Keane twice

having headers blocked while Smith

had to get down to Kean’s effort,

although his shot had little power.

However, a moment of quality

brought them level when Lucas Digne

▼ Alex Iwobi rises to head Everton

back in front late in the second half

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