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Aaron Ramsdale Was Newcastle’s hero when they had a slim lead. bournemouth Reached the fourth round of the FA Cup via penalty shootout.
A tight match ended 3-3 after 120 minutes on a chilly Tyneside afternoon when the on-loan Southampton goalkeeper saved from Evan Nelson, Alex Jimenez and Buford Diakite to seal the victory in a 7-6 penalty shootout.
After extra time, Marcus Tavernier equalized in the second minute of stoppage time to level the scores. Harvey Barnes He thought he had won the title for a much-changed Magpies side.
The home team took the lead thanks to a goal from Barnes, but then fell behind 2-1. Alex Scott David Brooks scored in quick succession before Anthony Gordon’s late penalty kick.
Anthony Iolara Eli Junior Kroupi, who also made a change to his squad but was one of five players he retained, added the first try in the fifth minute when he fired a shot into Ramsdale’s midriff following Enes Unal’s knockdown.
However, the home side would have taken the lead two minutes later if goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic failed to parry a clever shot from Barnes after Nick Woltemade deflected Yoane Wissa’s curling effort.
Ramsdale latched on to Crupi’s shot after Evan Nelson, who had replaced the injured Unal, had his first touch with 29 minutes remaining, but the game fell into a lull as the Cherries gradually regained their form.
Sandro Tonali fired wide from distance and Scott saw his shot from a tight angle blocked as the half-time whistle approached with little hope of a goal.
The issue was rectified within five minutes of the restart when Barnes fed Walter Mader before bursting into the box to receive a back pass from the Germany international and sliding the ball past the advancing Petrovic.
Bournemouth should have equalized within two minutes when Tino Livramento tried to pick out Malick Thiaw with the ball in his own penalty area, but he found Evanilson and was grateful to Ramsdale for coming to his rescue.
Ramsdale could only parry Crupi’s piledriver in the 55th minute but Evan Nelson was offside and fired the ball into the net before Sven Botman was unlucky not to extend the Magpies’ lead when his header from substitute Lewis Hall’s corner bounced off the underside of the crossbar.
Illaura’s side took full advantage within seconds when Evan Nelson and Brooks exchanged passes to the far post, Scott chipped in, and the visitors had further chances when Brooks slotted in behind Kieran Trippier. Although Botman blocked his passing attempt, the midfielder fired a fine shot past Ramsdale on the rebound.
Petrovic twice blocked Gordon’s efforts as time expired, doing well the second time but the former Everton man finally converted from the penalty spot after the goalkeeper brought down Tonali in stoppage time.
Barnes thought he had won the game when he headed home from Gordon’s cross in the 30th minute of stoppage time, but Tavernier ensured the game went to penalties with his sixth goal of the game.