Fa Cup: Newcastle survives Birmingham scared in five goals thriller – Businessday

Newcastle survived Birmingham’s fear in the thriller of FA Cup’s five goals on Saturday.

League 1 leaders had distributed their opponents in the Premier League a huge scare before Willock grabbed the winner in the 82nd minute to break his hearts.

Birmingham were on their knees when Tom Wagner bought the club just over 18 months ago.

The fall followed the ill -fated and unscrupulous appointment of Wayne Rooney, but the shoots of recovery in St. Andrew have been clear for some time.

The Blues are on the course of immediate return of the championship and coincide with Newcastle in a frenetic game that has dealt with the invoicing for television cameras.

Joe Willock’s double counterpart – including a controversial first goal – helped to preserve Newcastle’s living dreams for Wembley’s second appearance this season as they passed the battles in Birmingham.

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The shot of the 21st minute of the midfielder, which assistant referee Nigel Lug has admitted to is above the line, canceled Ethan Laard’s 40-second opening for the hosts.

Kalum Wilson’s first goal of May, after a darkened season, raised visitors 2-1, before Tomoki’s stunning rocket to pull the blues level five minutes before the end of the first half.

Eddie How has made nine changes from the semi -final victory of the Karabao Cup on Wednesday over Arsenal, and the magicians were shaken by an unbeatable running of 18 games.

Keshi Anderson, Jay Stansfield and Scott Wright approached, as Birmingham demonstrated work to recover by Chris Davis from falling out of the championship last season.

The hosts, four points, clear at the top of the third level, almost forced extra time, but Nick Pope thwarted Christoph Clarer late.