By Football365
Published on 2026-01-13 22:09:00
Manchester City were the Carabao Cup semi-final opponents Newcastle United fans least wanted, and they can consider their title defence over after losing the first leg at St James’ Park.
Newcastle would have hoped for St James’ Park to host the second leg of this season’s semi-final, just as it did against Arsenal in 2024/25. It is always better to play the second leg at home. Go to the Etihad, frustrate City, try to take home a decent result. When it’s City, a decent result is capped at a two-goal defeat. The Magpies would still be in this tie if it had been a 2-0 first-leg defeat away from home.
But that is not what happened. Newcastle must play the cards they were dealt, and they were dealt a poor hand: the worst possible…
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