Magpies soar and send Chelsea packing

22 September 2010 23:00
Newcastle's Shola Ameobi sent 10-man Chelsea crashing out of the Carling Cup 4-3 with a 90th-minute winner in a seven-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea, who lost Salomon Kalou and Yossi Benayoun through injury, had taken a sixth-minute lead through young left-back Patrick Van Aanholt only for United to storm back and lead at the interval thanks to goals from Nile Ranger and Ryan Taylor. Shola Ameobi made it 3-1 to United four minutes after the restart but two goals from Nicolas Anelka (69, 86) looked to have taken the tie into extra-time. However, Ameobi headed the winner from a Jonas Gutierrez corner in the 90th minute to earn United a deserved place in round four. Chelsea were however forced to play the last half-hour one man short after Benayoun turned his ankle and was forced to leave the field with all three substitutions having already been made.

Source: PA