Newcastle vs Arsenal LIVE SCORE: Jacob Murphy opens scoring JUST MOMENTS after Martin Odegaard hits post for Gunners

Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal (Agg: 3-0)

26. As you'd expect, the possession is each Arsenal's...

...but that's often erstwhile this lightning speedy Newcastle squad are astatine their best.

Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal (Agg: 3-0)

24. Arsenal haven't fixed up yet, and look unsafe each clip they determination forward.

A Trossard effort connected extremity is saved by Dubravka, and past 2 corners that travel origin chaos successful the Newcastle box.

Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal (Agg: 3-0)

21. Que Sera, Sera... rings astir this celebrated aged stadium. A stadium these Newcastle fans are hopeless to enactment in.

Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal (Agg: 3-0)

19. This clip St James' Park tin celebrate!

Jacob Murphy is the goalscorer, but it's each down again to the pace, powerfulness and precision of Alexander Isak.

The Swedish striker messes with William Saliba arsenic they situation for a agelong shot forward, cleverly poking astir the country for Anthony Gordon.

The winger rapidly returns with a reverse and that sets Isak distant again, who this clip powers a changeable from the borderline of the country connected to the crossbar.

Thankfully for the hosts, it rebounded kindly for Murphy, who made nary mistake successful uncovering the bare net.

Less than a infinitesimal aft those Odegaard chances, and Wembley is wrong touching region for the Toon.

This 1 does count!

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

18. Here travel Arsenal!

Two opportunities for Martin Odegaard successful speedy succession, the archetypal a half-chance, the 2nd glaring.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

16. The question of Isak continues to impress.

Gabriel and Saliba - usually a antiaircraft duo arsenic composed arsenic they travel - are looking shaky whenever the Swede takes flight.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

14. Lewis-Skelly dinks a teasing shot into the Newcastle area, lone for Dan Burn to instrumentality retired 1 of his agelong legs to poke it backmost to Dubravka.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

12. Gabriel urges his teammates to calm down aft Raya panics a clearance consecutive up successful the air.

He's close to impulse caution too. There is inactive a batch of shot to beryllium played successful this tie.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

10. The location fans are roaring their side, cheering each free-kick and throw-in won.

How they would emotion for a trophy to beryllium brought backmost to the north-east this season.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

8. This crippled is being played astatine immoderate tempo.

Gordon is arsenic pumped up arsenic anyone, and commits his 2nd unnecessary foul of the night.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

6. St James' Park erupts, and it's that antheral again - Alexander Isak!

Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali triumph the shot backmost successful midfield, and Anthony Gordon slips a walk done to Isak connected the right.

The striker powers distant from the Arsenal defence and hammers a quality crossed David Raya into the apical near country to trigger chaotic scenes...

...but they commencement to simmer down erstwhile it becomes evident VAR are taking a look.

Was Isak marginally offside erstwhile Gordon threaded his walk through? It's incredibly choky and takes times to confirm.

Eventually, referee Simon Hooper receives the quality and announces to the assemblage that the goalscorer was offside and it remans 0-0 connected the night.

Newcastle 0-0 Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

3. The hosts past the free-kick, and the consequent country (taken short) that follows.

Newcastle past interruption astatine gait themselves with Murphy successful afloat formation connected the right. The winger gets up of Martinelli, who bundles him implicit and is fortunate to debar an aboriginal yellowish card.

Kick-off - Newcastle v Arsenal (Agg: 2-0)

1. Howay we go! Simon Hooper blows his whistle, and Arsenal get things going arsenic they onslaught the Gallowgate.

And it takes conscionable 12 seconds for Anthony Gordon to beryllium reprimanded for a silly garment propulsion connected Kai Havertz heavy successful the Newcastle fractional - you don't privation to beryllium giving Arsenal needless set-pieces connected a nighttime similar this.

Here travel the 2 teams!

What a nighttime astatine St James' Park - and the shot hasn't adjacent started yet!

This celebrated aged stadium is rocking with flags, scarves and tifos, and is helped connected its mode by The Theme of the Local Hero being played unrecorded by Sam Fender's saxophonist.

The last notes of Knopfler springiness mode to Hey Jude arsenic the players emerge, and it tin hardly beryllium heard implicit the sound from the terraces.

Newcastle expect. Arsenal hope. A Wembley cupful last is connected the line, and kick-off comes next.

Newcastle lukewarm up with four

Most spectators wrong St James' Park this evening had been expecting Newcastle to enactment up with 3 centre-backs ever since the teams were announced an hr ago.

With midfielder Joelinton injured, defender Sven Botman has been drafted into the side, prompting the anticipated power successful shape.

However, during the pre-match warm-up, the Newcastle defence has been observed moving unneurotic successful its accustomed portion of four.

What that means for the Newcastle midfield remains to beryllium seen, but it is present apt that either Fabian Schar oregon Lewis Hall slots successful to enactment Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes.

Arteta sticks with large guns

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta inactive believes his broadside tin crook a 2-0 shortage astir - and is keeping religion with the squad that went extremity brainsick connected Sunday.

It doesn't hap often but the Spaniard has named the aforesaid starting XI that smashed Manchester City 5-1 astatine the Emirates past clip out.

It is lone Arsenal's 2nd unchanged starting XI this play crossed each competitions, and their archetypal since October's Champions League crippled with PSG.

St James Park rally telephone from Howe

Eddie Howe and Newcastle person been present before.

Cup semi-final with a constrictive vantage to travel backmost to St James Park with has each the shades of the 2022-23 season, albeit that was against a soon-to-be-relegated Southampton, arsenic the Toon brag has said to Sky Sports, "intent" is key:

"The players request to play the crippled with emotion but not excessively overmuch emotion.

"We request to get the assemblage successful the game, if we don't we're not utilising a large plus that we have.

"That comes down to our intention."

Enemy inspiration

If Arsenal are to overturn an unfavourable 2-0 deficit, they could bash worse than taking inspiration from tonight's opposition.

One of the much iconic games betwixt these 2 sides whitethorn person been a league game, but the 4-4 belter which saw the Geordies travel backmost from 4-0 down successful 2011 had each the makings of a cupful classic.

The scrumptious volley equaliser by Cheick Tioté exemplified the fearlessness Arsenal whitethorn request contiguous if they are to basal a accidental of reaching Wembley.

Arsenal unchanged

The Gunners demolished Man City astatine the Emirates connected Sunday truthful it's nary astonishment to spot them sanction the aforesaid squad for different monolithic crippled tonight.

Joe blow

Two changes for Newcastle with Joelinton and Tino Livramento retired and Kieran Trippier and Sven Botman backmost in.

That means a reshuffle successful the Xi with Dan Burn moving from centre-back to left-back and Lewis Hall moving into midfield.

Livramento has been named connected the seat but Joelinton isn't adjacent acceptable capable acceptable capable to beryllium a sub aft helium came disconnected successful the decision to Fulham astatine the weekend.

How costly could that beryllium to be?

Arsenal XI

• Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Havertz.

Newcastle XI

• Dubravka, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Burn, Tonali, Bruno, Hall, Murphy, Gordon, Isak.

Good evening!

Hello each and invited to unrecorded sum of Newcastle United and Arsenal successful the 2nd limb of the Carabao Cup semi-final.

Eddie Howe's squad clasp a two-goal vantage from the archetypal limb and are conscionable 90 minutes distant from lone a 2nd cupful last this century.

For Arsenal, Mikel Arteta volition beryllium hopeless to crook astir a precise disappointing first-leg show and adhd a 2nd portion of silverware to his trophy cabinet.

Team quality coming shortly!