Carling Cup 2nd Round
 

Season 2008-2009

COVENTRY CITY

2 v 3 (ET)

NEWCASTLE UNITED

  Clinton Morrison 45+1
Scott Dann 90+4
 

Scott Dann o.g. 21
James Milner 38
Michael Owen 97

  
     
  Date: Tuesday 26th August 2008
  Venue: Ricoh Arena
  Kick Off: 7:45pm (BST)
  Australian Live TV: None
  Attendance: 19,249
  Referee: A Bates
     
   

CCFC: Andy Marshall, Marcus Hall, Danny Fox, Elliott Ward, Scott Dann (c), Guillaume Beuzelin, Aron Gunnarsson, Leon McKenzie, Michael Mifsud, Clinton Morrison, Jay Tabb

Subs: Danny Ireland, Michael Doyle, Julian Gray, Ben Turner, Robbie Simpson, Kevin Thornton, Jordon Clarke
  Booked: Hall, Fox
   

Newcastle: Shay Given, Habib Beye, Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini, Sebastien Bassong, Nicky Butt (c), Danny Guthrie, Geremi, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Jonas Gutierrez

Subs:  Michael Owen, Steve Harper, Steven Taylor, David Edgar, Ryan Donaldson, Nile Ranger
  Booked: None
     
 

Post Match Comments:

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan told BBC Radio Newcastle:
"It was a heck of a cup tie in the end. I think we played some great football but we were guilty near the end of the first-half of almost showboating.

"I just thought we got a bit, not cocky, but over-confident and of course they knocked a goal in and at 2-1 the tie was right back on."
Listen to watch Keegan had to say on Radio Newcastle

  
     
 

 
     
  Match Report:  
  Michael Owen was the Newcastle United match-winner for the second game in a row as he came from the bench to net the crucial strike, in a five-goal thriller which took extra-time to separate the sides.

 The Magpies went in front when James Milner's square ball was put into his own net by defender Scott Dann.

Milner's inswinging cross sneaked inside the far post for their second before Clinton Morrison pulled one back for Coventry with a 20-yard curler.

Dann headed a powerful equaliser in stoppage time, but Owen's neat finish secured the win early in extra-time. 		 
     
 

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