Newcastle exceeded the city of Birmingham in a match in St. Andrews, guaranteeing a 3-2 victory to move forward in FA Cup.
The hosts took the lead in one minute through Ethan Laird, before Joe Willock and Callum Wilson strengthened the tie in favor of the Magpies.
Tomoki Iwata then attracted Birmingham level just before half-time, but a second late from Willock meant that it would be the Premier League team.
Eddie Howe has made nine changes to the team that beat Arsenal during the second stage of their EFL Cup semi-final on Wednesday evening and the reworked visitors failed their first test in the first minute.
A corner of Birmingham was nodded in the center and Laird was on site to withdraw at home via a Wilson deviation.
St. Andrew’s rebounded and the local team almost made 2-0 after 14 minutes with the kind authorization of another move.
Marc Leonard’s free kick was helped by Alex Cochrane for Keshi Anderson and its flight around the edge of the region brought a brilliant backup with a hand of the Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope.
Having seemed disjointed and toothless in the first half of the opening period, Newcastle dug a controversial equalizer from their first note attack.
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Wilson crossed the left and, after William Osula withdrew him from the distant post, Willock stabbed the ball with Bailey Peacock-Farrell making a stop from the line.
The assistant referee was quick to judge the ball, although the reruns were not conclusive. The deflated goal Birmingham and Newcastle capitalized by going forward almost immediately.
Again, there was an element of chaos on this subject, because the initial effort of Wilson de la Croix de Tino Livramento was blocked on the line by his own man in Osula before the former striker of England Do not get the rebound at home.
The local team flickering and the same assistant referee who had made them angry earlier came to their rescue by rightly excluding a goal from Willock for offside.
Anderson escaped on the left and whispered a perfect cross for Jay Stansfield, but the 15 million pound -sterling striker in a way planted his head wide for six meters when he is completely not marked.
Scott Wright should have done better than taking off his efforts directly at Pope after a good work of Iwata, forcing the Japanese midfielder to take matters into his own hands later.
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Newcastle could only partially clear a crossing of the left of Birmingham and Iwata clung to the loose ball to pull an amazing blow in the roof of the net from 25 meters.
The second period began with Newcastle affirming control, dominating possession and keeping their hosts pinned. However, a series of stops disrupted the flow, including a long delay for Leonard de Birmingham, who suffered a serious leg injury after a challenge with Lewis Miley.
While the game resumed, the two teams had a hard time cutting chances of clear cut in the midst of an increasingly disjointed case. The match became more physical, with a wave of yellow cards emitted on both sides as tensions rose.
Despite Birmingham’s efforts to move forward, Newcastle found a breakthrough in the 82nd minute. Willock, who had started this decision, continued his race and capitalized on a lucky deviation to play the ball under Peacock-Farrell, restaurant the advance of visitors.
Birmingham fought hard to answer, throwing long balls forward and pressing the last moments. A dramatic release out of Dowell’s line refused Murphy a decisive objective, while Nick Pope produced a crucial backup to maintain the advantage of Newcastle while the stop time extended beyond 12 minutes.
Despite their animated fight, Birmingham finally failed, and the quality of the Premier League in Newcastle shone in a second harsh and disputed half that saw them in the next round.
