Key events
Newcastle’s fans flood out of St James’ Park. Brighton’s remain, dancing exultantly in the gods at the Leazes End. They just about shaded that, looking the neater, less error-prone side, having been so close to going out after Schar’s marginal offside in injury time of the 90. But the evergreen Danny Welbeck then proved his worth with a gorgeous chip for the winner. This is an excellent, admirable team.
Full-time: Newcastle 1-2 Brighton (aet)
Brighton have a fifth win in a row and a place in the quarter-finals! Not to mention a real sight of silverware now.
120+2 mins: AMurphy gets down the right, curls in a cross but Verbruggen is alive to it first and gathers well. That should be enough.
120+1 mins: Willock cuts inside and curls one in from the left past the keeper’s left-hand post.
120 mins: Two extra minutes to play
119 mins: Murphy is struggling now, clutching his back. Newcastle attack again through Bruno on the right but his scooped cross is overhit, Brighton clear and win a free-kick conceded by Tonali I think.
117 mins: It’ll be all Newcastle now and they win a corner as Dan Burn’s cross is nodded behind. The corner is punched clear but worked back out by Tonali to Burn in space on the left, whose fierce angled shot is just wide.
A lovely break from Brighton, March nudges Welbeck through and he stretches to execute the most exquisite chip over Dubravka almost as the ball is going away from him. What an asset he continues to be.
Goal! Newcastle 1-2 Brighton (Welbeck 114)
Welbeck strikes again!
112 mins: Brighton win a free-kick on the left. From it, Gomez’s floated ball in is cleared and Newcastle break down the left through Willock who pulls it back for Tonali who spurns a chance to shoot but they come again. Tonali, again, then fires in a low cross from the light that spanks keeper then Willock in the face.
111 mins: March wriggles towards the byline on the right expertly, but his ball across the face of the area finds no one.
109 mins: … and from it another blocking frenzy from Brighton before Targett skims a low shot straight at the keeper.
108 mins: Guimareas and Tonali – perhaps Newcastle’s two leading players on the pitch now – combine to win a throw in an attacking position before Murphy overhits a cross. Newcastle come again and Tonali tries his luck from 25 yards but Webster blocks instinctively. Then Willock wins a corner …
106 mins: Newcastle get us back under way. Tiredness oozing from plenty of pores now.
Half-time in extra time: Newcastle 1-1 Brighton
On we slog. The pace has dipped, the intrigue hasn’t and it’s still pretty hard to call a winner. Brighton perhaps a tad sharper.
105 mins: As I type that a half-chance falls for Joao Pedro inside the box but his firm shot is locked. One extra minute this half.
104 mins: A decent cross is curled in from the left for Wilson but it just eludes him. Brighton’s Joao Pedro is hobbling – could it be 10 v 9?
102 mins: Van Hecke absolutely banjoes Murphy with a tumbling rugby tackle. And is not booked, prompting “You’re not fit to referee chants” from the assembled
101 mins: Brighton on top at the moment with Newcastle coughing up possession too readily and Welbeck and Gomez in particular looking to get things going for Brighton.
99 mins: Chances for Brighton! Welbeck seizes on Livramento’s slip and lays it back to Gomez whose low shot is brilliantly saved by Dubravka. From a second one, a corner is earned, which ends up being squandered as Hinshelwood blooters over.
96 mins: A long spell of Brighton possession ends with Welbeck attempting to juggle his way through just inside the area, skilfully, but it doesn’t fall for him and is crowded out.
94 mins: Willock crosses from the left for Guimareas, who chests it intelligently into the path of Tonali but Verbruggen just manages to gather it first. Newcastle have begun extra time well here.
93 mins: Newcastle build nicely through Willock and Murphy but Verbruggen comes out assertively to gather his cross well
92 mins: Evidence of tiredness already, as Guimareas tries to break through the middle and is tugged back clumsily by Gomez, who is booked.
Peep!
Brighton get us going again.
More U2 puns: “It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, Schär moves in mysterious ways!” (Peter Oh) and “With Gordon sent off, have Newcastle’s U2 lost their Edge?” They were certainly Far Away so Close in injury time there
Elsewhere, the circus is soon to roll on at Old Trafford. Join Daniel Harris for Manchester United v Fulham:
Full-time: Newcastle 1-1 Brighton – extra-time to be played
So we’ve got another half-hour. It’s not quite a classic but still decently entertaining, and hard to call. Brighton were better in the second half than the first and Newcastle a tad more sloppy, but growing progressively more threatening at the same time. Back imminently.
90+7 mins: Murphy plays a neat diagonal inside for Guimaraes but it’s just a fraction overhit
90+6 mins: Gruda forages into the box but tries to be a bit too elaborate when he could have shot. Newcastle break but Tonali is hacked down crudely.
Ooh that was so close. What an absolute ding-dong of emotions this past 10 minutes have been. Hard to work out who’s more upbeat now
Goal overruled! Newcastle 1-1 Brighton (Schar 90+3)
Schar volleys in the free-kick – a fierce brilliant finish into the corner, but is he onside? Absolute anguish for the home fans, and computer says no. Semi-automated offside says he was just off.
Sending off! Lamptey gets a second yellow
The full-back goes through Murphy after going to ground, it’s a second booking. We’re at 10 v 10
90 mins: There’s a break in play for drinks, conflabs and treatment for Mitoma, who limps gingerly off. Solly March replaces him.
We’ll have six added minutes.
89 mins: Another shot-blocking frenzy ends with Lamptey curving one over.
87 mins: Van Hecke’s getting pelters from the crowd every time he touches the ball now, as Brighton build down the left and win a corner. From it, Hinshelwood and Mitoma both have fierce shots blocked. Do Newcastle play for pens from here, knackering themselves in the process?
