Newcastle United eased through to the 5th Round of the FA Cup after beating Coventry 3-1 at St James' Park. They then pulled the short straw out of the hat and drew champions elect Chelsea. But they are at home and it is the Cup, so you never know....
Back to the Cov match, it was Geordie legend ALAN SHEARER opened the scoring in the 37th minute with a low shot. SHOLA AMEOBI doubled the lead with a superb run and shot that beat keeper Luke Steele at his near post.
A DELE ADEBOLA header made it 2-1 on the stroke of half-time but ex Chelsea left-back CELESTINE BABAYARO made sure of the win with a fierce strike straight after the break to kill of any hopes of a shock.
Newcastle manager Graeme Souness, who the day before sent Craig Bellamy off packing to Glasgow said after the game, "We controlled it from start to finish. We had a sloppy five minutes before half-time, but we looked tight, compact and we knew what we were doing."
Team: Harper, Carr, Bramble, Andrew O'Brien, Babayaro, Dyer, Faye (Hughes 81), Jenas, Kluivert, Shearer, Ameobi.
Subs Not Used: Given, Milner, Taylor, Robert.
Attendance: 44,044
MoM: Shola Ameobi
Saturday, February 12, 2005
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