- Danny Welbeck scores in extra time to send Brighton into the FA Cup quarter-finals.
- Newcastle’s Fabian Schar has a late winner disallowed by VAR for offside.
- Both teams finish with 10 men after red cards for Anthony Gordon and Tariq Lamptey.
Danny Welbeck struck an extra-time winner as Brighton edged past Newcastle in a dramatic FA Cup tie that saw both teams reduced to 10 men.
Newcastle thought they had secured victory in stoppage time, but Fabian Schar’s volley was ruled out for offside after a VAR review.
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The Magpies had initially taken the lead in the 22nd minute through an Alexander Isak penalty, only for Yankuba Minteh—sold by Newcastle last summer—to equalise just before halftime.
Tensions flared late in the game, with Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon receiving a straight red card in the 83rd minute for pushing Jan Paul van Hecke in the head, ruling him out of the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool.
Brighton’s Tariq Lamptey followed him off in added time after collecting a second yellow for a late challenge on Jacob Murphy.
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With the game seemingly heading for penalties, Solly March set up Welbeck in the 114th minute, and the 34-year-old forward coolly chipped past Martin Dubravka to seal Brighton’s place in the quarter-finals.
It was Welbeck’s eighth goal of the season, adding to his match-winning strike at St. James’ Park in October.
