A night to forget in a hurry for Newcastle as the Magpies are dumped out of the FA Cup following a 1:0 loss to league one side Cambridge United at St James Park on Saturday.
Kieran Tripper would surely be disheartening after not having a good start on his debut after his £12million move from Atletico Madrid some days ago.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle were relatively wasteful in the first half however, Cambridge United’s Joe Ironside showed the world richest club how to put the ball into the back of the net in the 56th minute.
In the meantime, Superb Chelsea ran riot over lowly Chesterfield to book a ticket to the next round with a 5:1 win.
Timo Werner began the party early for the blues in the 6th minute before Hudson Odoi doubled it twelve minutes later, then Romelu Lukaku and Christensen sealed a four goal thriller for Thomas Tuchel side in the first half.
Hakim Ziyech also registered himself on the scoreboard after scoring from the spot kick before Akwasi Asante grabbed a consolation goal for Chesterfield late in the 80th minute.
Elsewhere, Brendan Roger’s Leicester City outshined Claudio Ranieri’s Watford with a 4:1 Victory at the King Power Stadium.
Tielemans and Maddison both strike to put the host two goals up before Pedro pulled one back for the Hornets in the first half.
Barnes and Albrighton got things worse for the visitors to send them parking from the competition.
Patrick Viera will be glad after Crystal palace came from a goal down to defeat Millwall 2:1 to emerge into the next round of the competition.
Afobe scored in the 17th minute to put the host in front in the first half. Nevertheless, goals from Olise and Mateta gave the Eagles the edge to scale through.
