In a dominant performance Newcastle beat Leicester by two goals to nil.  

Goals from Dan Burn and Joelinton were enough to see the Magpies make the semi finals for the first time since 1976.  

Newcastle started the game brightly with Sean Longstaff missing a few good chances early on.  

Kieran Trippier started the first chance, playing the ball to Bruno Guimaraes who launched a long pass forward to Miguel Almiron who held up the ball long enough for Joe Willock to overlap. 

Willock pulled the ball back towards Longstaff, arriving late at the back post, but Longstaff scuffed his shot wide of the mark.  

Two efforts from outside the box for Bruno both went narrowly wide before Longstaff was denied from 8 yards by Leicester keeper Ward. 

That was the end of the half and Newcastle went in at half time frustrated by the amount of spurned chances.  

The second half started very much in the same fashion with Joelinton being slipped in immediately from Almiron’s delightful pass but his shot, that beat the keeper, hit the post and rolled out of play for a Newcastle corner.  

Burn had a great chance with keeper Ward rooted to the spot be headed narrowly over from Trippiers free kick.  

Longstaff then went close again with his effort being palmed away by Danny Ward.  

The goal finally came, Burn pressed Albrighton in to rushing his clearance which he blocked, Willock then took possession and played it to Joelinton who passed it into Burn on the left hand edge of the area. 

Burn took the ball past Castagne and Ndidi, utilising his strength, before finishing low into the bottom right hand corner past Danny Ward. 

It was a fairytale goal for Burn, who hails from Blyth and had grown up a Newcastle fan.  

A second would come and Joelinton would be rewarded for his efforts finishing a chance that was similar to his one in the 46^th minute once again being played through on the left hand side by Almiron before slotting the ball past Ward for two nil Newcastle.  

Vardy gave Leicester their two best chances of the match, missing in practically an open goal from a low cross by former Newcastle man Ayoze Perez but Vardy dragged the shot narrowly wide of Nick Pope’s goal.  

Vardy’s second chance of the evening saw him wide of the six yard box looking to hit a volley across the keeper and into the opposite bottom corner but again he dragged it wide. 

Darren England then blew for full time in a result that sees Newcastle continue their red hot form this season and sees the Foxes relying heavily on the FA Cup as an opportunity to rewrite their fiscal wrongdoings. 

Originally Written: 11th January 2023