How did the players fare in Newcastle United’s Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Chelsea?


CHELSEA (4-2-3-1):

Petrovic 6; Disasi 4 (Maatsen 78), Silva 7, Badiashile 4, Colwill 4 (Gusto 46, 6); Fernandez 5 (Broja 32, 6), Caicedo 6; Palmer 7, GALLAGHER 8, Sterling 5 (Mudryk 78); Jackson 4 (Nkunku 69, 6).

Subs (not used): Bettinelli (gk), Bergstrom (gk), Gilchrist, Matos.


NEWCASTLE (4-3-3):

7 Dubravka: Made a number of good saves, the pick of which denied Sterling, but didn’t really come close to saving any of the spot-kicks

6 Krafth: Took a couple of hefty blows, but kept on battling away and made a number of important tackles

6 Botman: Didn’t really look troubled during his 45 minutes on the field – hopefully there will be no ill effects from his outing

8 LASCELLES: Performed superbly at the heart of the back four – won everything that came his way and barely gave Jackson a kick

7 Livramento: Can hold his head high after returning to his former home – was never really beaten on the outside

6 Longstaff: Worked extremely well, but might have done better in terms of holding on to the ball in the second half

7 Guimaraes: Gave absolutely everything at the heart of midfield and casually dispatched his spot-kick into the net

6 Miley: Looked good whenever he was on the ball, but wasn’t always comfortable when being forced to defend

5 Almiron: His work-rate couldn’t be faulted, but Newcastle needed him to retain possession in the closing stages

7 Wilson: Produced a brilliant finish to open the scoring and also held his nerve to score in the shoot-out

5 Gordon: Couldn’t really trouble the Chelsea defence prior to being replaced at the start of the second half


Subs:

3 Trippier (for Krafth, 46): Suffered another bad night – was badly at fault for Chelsea’s goal and missed his penalty in the shoot-out

7 Burn (for Botman, 46): Dovetailed effectively with Lascelles after coming on at the heart of the back four for the second half

5 Ritchie (for Gordon, 51): Sealed his side’s fate when his penalty was at the perfect height for Petrovic to make a diving save

(not used): Karius (gk), Gillespie (gk), Dummett, Hall, A Murphy.


Man Of The Match: JAMAAL LASCELLES – The Newcastle skipper did not deserve to finish on the losing team, such was the quality of his defending.