Since Newcastle United was taken over by Saudi Arabia‘s fund and became the richest club in the world (on paper), winning the Premier and the Champions League became the ultimate goal. But considering the new rules, which prevent not only Newcastle but any other club to financially compete with the likes of both Manchesters, Chelsea or Liverpool, the Magpies will have to wait and turn their attention to the two cups, as the only opportunity to win some silverware. And tonight, they lighted the flame of hope: Nottingham Forest – Newcastle 1-1 (3-4 AP).In the Round 2 of the League Cup, the Magpies were less fortunate and drew another Premier League team away. They scored a goal after only 19 seconds but then faced a Brazilian octopus in the form of Forest‘s keeper Miguel who saved a number of chances, including one penalty shootout save. Still, two Nigerian games surprisingly missed in the penalty shootout giving the home team the blues and causing a mayhem in the away sector. Ivorian Ibrahim Sangaré and Nigerian Taiwo Awoniyi were not precise in the penalty lottery and Nottingham Forest is out of the League Cup.Awoniyi wtf 😭Newcastle United are quite lucky pic.twitter.com/j1eM6sPHir— Chris Sweetman (@ChrisSweetman6) August 28, 2024 After only 19 seconds, the Magpies were up front. Tonali, who started his first game after a 10-month ban due to illegal betting was the one who started the action with a pass to Almiron, who found himself in the middle of the field and fed Isak, whose shot was saved by Carlos Miguel, but Willock followed the action and was right there to put the rebound into the net. The Italian midfielder has his own chance to score on a debut in the thrid minute, but Miguel saved his goal again. The Brazilian keeper was Forest‘s best player as he made another big save, this time from Almiron.For the first time in 18 years, Nottingham Forest have lost a penalty shootout.Newcastle United progress into the third round of the Carabao Cup. pic.twitter.com/ciqfNDgT81— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) August 28, 2024 Nottingham Forest was not so quick to score as Newcastle but they didn‘t waste time. Just five minutes after the break, the home team took a long throw into the box, Newcastle players failed to clear properly and the loose ball came to Jota Silva who smashed it under the bar from ten meters away. Forest had the initiative since but in the end it was Miguel the savior again after stopping a great Hall shot in injury time, taking the game to penalties.Jarrod Bowen broken deadlocker!Mohamed Kudus great effort!pic.twitter.com/cXws9Nbvv1— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) August 28, 2024 The other Premier League pair finished the game with a home win, as West Ham needed 88 minutes to eliminate Bournemouth from the League cup. The winning goal was scored by captain Jarod Bowen after the ball hit him in the arm from the Kudus shot. This was the same situation like last week, when the Cherries scored a winner in the Premier League against Newcastle, but VAR denied it due to handball. This time, the goal stood and West Ham are through to the Round of 16.ENGLAND – LEAGUE CUPTuesdayMiddlesbrough – Stoke 0-5 (0-1)/Tezgel 14, Mmaee 57, Koumas 60, Manhoef 65, 69/QPR – Luton 4-1 on pen (1-1)/Hevertton 11 – Nelson 16/Grimsby – Sheffield W. 1-5 (1-0)/McJannett 18 – Ugbo 53, Lowe 54, Paterson 72, 81, Valentin 90+3/Harrogate T. – Preston 0-5 (0-4)/Greenwood 14, 37 pen, Osmajic 39, 45+1, 83/Shrewsbury – Bolton 0-2 (0-0)/Osei-Tutu 52, Charles 65/Millwall – Leyton 0-1 (0-1)/Agyei 14/Leicester – Tranmere 4-0 (1-0)/Ayew 38, Mavididi 51 pen, Ndidi 71, Winks 90/Barnsley – Sheffield Utd 1-0 (0-0)/Watters 52/Walsall – Huddersfield 3-2 (0-1)/Lowe 63, 70, Helik 77 og – Koroma 16, Ruffels 53/Barrow – Derby 3-2 on pen (0-0)Watford – Plymouth 2-0 (1-0)/Rajovic 17, 72/Brighton – Crawley Town 4-0 (1-0)/Adingra 31, Sarmiento 48, Webster 84, O’Mahony 86/Fleetwood – Rotherham 2-1 (2-1)/Graydon 16, 29 – McCart 2/Everton – Doncaster 3-0 (0-0)/McNeil 53, Ndiaye 74, Beto 84/Blackburn – Blackpool 1-2 (1-0)/Gueye 21 pen – Beesley 72, Coulson 77/Coventry – Oxford 1-0 (0-0)/Thomas-Asante 57/Crystal Palace – Norwich 4-0 (1-0)/Kamada 2, Mateta 57, 68, Eze 84/Birmingham – Fulham 0-2 (0-2)/Jimenez 10 pen, Stansfield 14/WednesdayWolverhampton – Burnley 2-0 (1-0)/Guedes 38, 54/Swansea – Wycombe 0-1 (0-1)/Kone 40/West Ham – Bournemouth 1-0 (0-0)/Bowen 88/Wimbledon – Ipswich 2-2 (1-1)/Bugiel 40, Stevens 56 – Al Hamadi 3,Chaplin 86/Cardiff – Southampton 3-5 (1-2)/Colwill 21, Edwards 45(og), Robertson 58 – Amo Ameyaw 30, Fernandez 10,Bree 90+1, Archer 55, 90+4/Colchester – Brentford 0-1 (0-1)/Lewis-Potter 45/Nott.Forest – Newcastle 1-1 (0-1)/Jota Silva 50 – Willock 1/
