[盃賽] Newcastle 4-1 Stoke
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Newcastle sealed a fourth-round FA Cup tie at Arsenal with a comfortable
victory over Stoke on the day Kevin Keegan returned as Magpies manager.
Keegan missed Michael Owen's goal from inside the six-yard box but was in
the stands to see Claudio Cacapa's header.
James Milner and Damien Duff scored with precise strikes before Stoke's
Liam Lawrence replied from 20 yards.
Emre saw red in the first-half for a tackle on John Eustace, who had
earlier escaped after a lunge on the Turk.
In many ways it was a largely unspectacular match, with lengthy passages
of mediocre play, but Newcastle had the extra class in the attacking areas.
And in truth the evening was all about the return of Keegan 11 years after
his first spell as manager came to an end.
The news had broken in the afternoon and fans quickly flocked to St James'
Park to queue for tickets and the hope of a glimpse of the man regarded as a
hero on Tyneside.
Such was the clamour for tickets that kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes.
With the return of Keegan to the club the prospect of Stoke causing an
FA Cup upset had very much become the secondary issue in the north east.
But Tony Pulis's team started the match as though they were intent on
grabbing their own headlines.
Shay Given parried an early shot-come-cross and the ball broke to Ryan
Shawcross, who could only strike the side netting from an acute angle.
Ricardo Fuller then broke into the Newcastle area and forced Given into
action once more.
But the evening belonged to Newcastle and just eight minutes had elapsed
when Owen smashed the ball home after Stoke failed to clear the danger from
Milner's far-post header.
Steve Simonsen saved a shot from Duff after the winger superbly controlled
a long raking pass before two unsavoury and unwanted tackles received very
different punishments from referee Uriah Rennie.
Eustace's lunge on Emre resulted in a foul and a golf ball-sized lump on
the shin but no card while the Turk's horrible challenge on the Stoke skipper
minutes later produced a straight red from the referee.
If Stoke sensed a chance to force their way back into the contest it was
quickly snuffed out when Cacapa's header doubled the Magpies lead.
By this time Keegan had arrived at the ground and was watching in the
directors' box flanked by owner Mike Ashley and chairman Chris Mort.
Jon Parkin's clever volley on the turn beat the advancing Given but went
wide of the Newcastle goal as the Championship side continued to try to dent
Keegan's return.
But Milner's precise low strike across goal from 19 yards nestled in the
bottom corner and effectively ended any hope of a Stoke comeback.
And the effective Charles N'Zogbia played a square ball to Duff, who was
in acres of space and slotted the ball past Simonsen for the fourth.
Lawrence scored a consolation for Stoke close to full-time with a superb
curling finish from the edge of the area.
Newcastle: Given, Carr, Taylor, Cacapa (Rozehnal 71), Jose Enrique, Milner,
Emre, N'Zogbia (LuaLua 79), Duff, Viduka (Carroll 72), Owen.
Subs Not Used: Harper, Edgar.
Sent Off: Emre (29).
Goals: Owen 8, Cacapa 31, Milner 68, Duff 76.
Stoke: Simonsen, Zakuani, Shawcross, Cort, Delap (Dickinson 78), Lawrence,
Eustace (Pulis 78), Pugh, Fuller, Cresswell, Parkin (Diao 62).
Subs Not Used: Hoult, Pericard.
Booked: Delap.
Goals: Lawrence 89.
Att: 35,108
Ref: Uriah Rennie (S Yorkshire).
BBC Sport Player Rater man of the match: Newcastle's Michael Owen 8.22 (on 90
minutes).
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