Welbeck settles cup classic after costly red card drama

Danny Welbeck came off the bench to fire Brighton into the FA Cup quarter-finals at Newcastle as Anthony Gordon’s Carabao Cup final dream was shattered by a late red card.

- DAMIAN SPELLMAN

Welbeck, who scored the winner in the Premier League game at St James’ Park in October, struck in extra time to win it 2-1 on an afternoon when both sides finished with 10 men.

Gordon was sent off for violent conduct in the 83rd minute of a chaotic tie – Tariq Lamptey suffered the same fate eight minutes later after collecting a second yellow card – and faces a threematch ban which will cost him his place in the team for the clash with Liverpool at Wembley on 16 March.

The hosts were without full-back Lewis Hall because of an ankle injury that will require a visit to a specialist, but Alexander Isak’s 22nd-minute penalty gave them a lead which was cancelled out before half time by former Magpie Yankuba Minteh, and an at times scruffy game remained in the balance until Welbeck’s intervention.

Isak had seen a third-minute header from a tight angle blocked by Adam Webster as both sides started with real intent.