Source: Telegraph
West Bromwich Albion 4 Newcastle United 2: match report
Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton hit the Hawthorns roof as his side were knocked out of the FA Cup in highly controversial circumstances by their Championship promotion rivals. [LNB]The normally mild-mannered Hughton exploded on the touchline when referee James Linnington awarded the Baggies their second penalty of the afternoon and sent off Ryan Taylor just moments after Newcastle's appeals for a penalty were ignored. [LNB] Related ArticlesNewcastle snap up Manchester United's Danny SimpsonNewcastle United 2 West Brom 2Carson signs up to Di Matteo's philosophySmith urges Newcastle owner to splash cashThe Bung: Newcastle's Rocky marriage continuesSport on televisionHughton vented his spleen because the spot-kick was awarded after West Bromwich Albion had ignored goalkeeper Scott Carson's appeals for the ball to be put into touch after Shola Ameobi had been left sprawling in his area. [LNB]Ameobi could easily have been awarded a penalty after being sandwiched by centre-halves Gabriel Tamas and Jonas Olsson but Jerome Thomas broke forward only to be fouled by Ryan Taylor in the box and he was sent off before Graeme Dorrans put the tie beyond Newcastle with his second penalty of the day. [LNB]That passage of play proved to be decisive because even though West Brom had surged into a tw0-goal lead through Olsson and Dorrans Newcastle had been looking good bets to overcome that deficit with a second-half revival that saw Andy Carroll pull a goal back before Dorrans killed the game off. [LNB]West Brom had gone into the fourth-round tie unchanged from the side that drew 2-2 at St James' Park last Monday night while Newcastle, unbeaten in 14 previous outings since October, showed four changes with Steven Taylor left on Tyneside with knee trouble. [LNB]Stand-in goalkeeper Tim Krul, deputising for Steve Harper, was busy in the opening exchanges as West Brom quickly gained the upper hand and he foiled Marek Cech and Robert Koren before Roman Bednar fired over. [LNB]It was hardly a surprise when Di Matteo's team took the lead in the 17th minute as Newcastle were caught out at a set-piece and Olsson opened the scoring just as he did on Tyneside. [LNB]This time Olsson took advantage of marker Andy Carroll's lapse of concentration to nod Chris Brunt's corner goalwards and referee James Linnington awarded a goal even though Jose Enrique almost cleared off the line. [LNB]Newcastle then shot themselves in the foot when Tamas Kadar pushed over Bednar following Chris Brunt's through-ball and Linnington awarded a penalty on the say-so of his assistant Duncan Street despite misguided protests led by visiting skipper Alan Smith. [LNB]Kadar escaped with a caution and the excellent Dorrans slotted the penalty past Krul in the 31st minute of a game dominated by the Baggies. [LNB]Newcastle manager Chris Hughton sent on Shola Ameobi in place of the hapless Fabrice Pancrate at half-time and the striker suggested there was still life left in his team when he whipped in their first shot on target in the 50th minute but Scott Carson saved comfortably. [LNB]Back came Newcastle again and Carroll pulled his side back into the tie in stunning fashion in the 62nd minute. After Jonas Gutierrez surged down the left wing for once he did not flatter to deceive and teed up Carroll who volleyed past Carson from 12 yards. [LNB]Newcastle's tails up were up and an equaliser seemed on the cards when Ameobi was brought down only for the appeals for a penalty to be waved away and salt to be rubbed into wounds when Dorrans doubled the lead following Taylor's foul. [LNB]That was the game's turning point and Thomas then compounded Newcastle's misery when he took advantage of Taylor's absence when he slotted in Bednar's cross in the 76th minute. [LNB]Ameobi trudged off with a damaged shoulder but Carroll scored an excellent consolation goal in the 90th minute but his effort will not prevent the hosts that as well as knocking Newcastle out of the Cup that they can now knock them off their Championship perch. [LNB]
