Newcastle United needed penalties to progress to the fourth-round of the Carabao Cup at the expense of Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening. Nick Pope was the hero of the shootout as his three saves handed the Magpies a 3-2 win following a St James' Park stalemate.
The 0-0 draw in normal time was one of few chances as Newcastle struggled to get going after making eight changes from the 4-1 win over Southampton. The home side grew into the game as Eddie Howe called on the big guns off the bench as Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, Sven Botman, Miguel Almiron and Joe Willock tried to break the deadlock in the final stages of normal time.
The clash went to penalties and Newcastle made no mistake with their first three attempts, before missing their final two. However, Pope's save from Malcolm Ebiowei's spot-kick sent the north east outfit into the hat for the next round.
