Joe Buck reacts to Newcastle United's dramatic FA Cup win over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. Martin Dubravka's two penalty saves gave Eddie Howe's side the victory and safe passage into the next round after Anthony Gordon's opener was cancelled out late on by the hosts.
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00:00 So, Onigasa made it through to the FA Cup quarter finals after a penalty shootout win
00:05 over Blackburn Rovers. It was a night that Onigasa made very difficult for themselves
00:09 as truth be known. They took a 1-0 lead in the second half through Anthony Gordon but
00:13 really they should have been down the half time. Blackburn were brilliant in the first
00:17 half. They really showed that they had a well drilled plan and Martin Debreke made a few
00:24 saves in the first half compared to Onigasa who didn't test A&Z pairs at all in that
00:27 first period. We've seen with Nottingham Forest, Edmund Boxing, Bournemouth, Luton more recently
00:33 that if a team can come with a solid plan, be good defensively against Onigasa, then
00:37 they can really cause some problems and they did that today. Blackburn were very good.
00:40 Sammy Smodic, he was very good up front and probably should have put them ahead in the
00:45 first half. Onigasa were, as I said, lucky to go into the break for the first 45 level
00:50 and then you think, right, this is the time for Onigasa to really stamp their authority
00:53 on the game, show why they are the Premier League team. They can't really say that Onigasa
00:58 didn't control the game because they did. They had lots of possession, lots of the ball
01:01 but Blackburn probably had the better chances, especially in that first half. But then they
01:06 get the lead through Anthony Gordon. It was a well worked goal. Armouron passed it across
01:10 to Gordon. Gordon just swept it home and it was a great finish. To be fair, at that point
01:12 you think Onigasa have got themselves ahead, maybe not deserved, but they've got themselves
01:16 ahead. They're going to press on and they're going to do something this game. That didn't
01:19 happen. Blackburn, to be fair, to their credit, didn't let them do that. Blackburn were really
01:22 good and they deservedly got an equaliser. Poor mistake from Jamala Sells. Dubravka made
01:28 a great save initially but then Smodic was there to tap the ball home and then all of
01:33 a sudden Onigasa's good work is undone and they have to go into the last 10 minute level
01:37 and really deservely so from the home side. I can't give them enough credit. They were
01:41 brilliant and then you think, right, Onigasa, again, you think this is the time to press
01:46 home advantage and they simply didn't. They dominated extra time, possession wise, you
01:51 can't deny that, but they couldn't make their possession count. Onigasa really should have
01:57 scored in extra time. First Bruno has a shot blocked off the line and then Barnes can't
02:01 follow it up and there was a couple of really big missed chances from Onigasa throughout
02:05 the game which would be a bit of a worry for Eddie Howe. But they got penalties but it's
02:12 a lot easier to lorry penalties. I keep saying 'but' a lot because I feel like what the story
02:15 of is Onigasa do something well but this happens and it was like one step forward, two steps
02:19 back and then you think Onigasa's night. We've been here so many times, Onigasa fans, journalists,
02:26 anyone surrounding the club who's supported them for a while will know what happens in
02:29 Onigasa night in penalty shoot-outs. We all remember the Chelsea game not too long ago.
02:33 We all know what happens when Onigasa feel like they should win a cup tie, especially
02:36 Eddie Will Park. But fortunately, this time, the lottery was on their side and they won
02:41 the game and it was up purely down to Martin Dubravka. He made two really good saves, especially
02:46 the last one that tipped it on the board so it was a brilliant stop. Harvey Barnes, the
02:49 only one to miss from Newcastle. That was a weak penalty but Fabian Schär, he set the
02:54 tone with his early penalty, it was brilliant. Bruno Guimaraes, he scored his penalty. Harvey
02:59 Barnes missed his second one so Bruno Guimaraes scored his penalty. Eli Andersson scored his
03:03 penalty and Anthony Gordon, like he did against Bournemouth, just took his penalty and scored
03:07 it. They were really good penalties from Newcastle to be fair. And yeah, they progressed through
03:12 to the FA Cup quarter-final. I mean, one and one's their cup game. The result is the only
03:16 thing that matters and in truth that is true. The result is the only thing that matters
03:19 right now in Newcastle. You know, whatever happens in the performance, the book will
03:23 say they're through to the next round. But it was another night where fans here, fans
03:28 watching at home and Eddie how we'll have lots of things to worry about because they
03:31 weren't at their best. They weren't brilliant. Blackburn really, really played very well
03:35 and nullified them and countered and attacked well. Now with Wolves at the weekend, that's
03:40 a massive game. Wolves have left Frog Newcastle on the table. If Wolves sneak a win there,
03:45 it's in James Park, which no more for us in James Park. Teams are finding it easy to play
03:50 there at the minute. Then Newcastle are looking very dangerous. But the one thing they can't
03:53 say is they are in the FA Cup quarter-final and with Coventry City already through, there
03:58 is a potential for a lower league team. Obviously, the Wednesday game is still to come. There
04:02 could be a couple of shots. But yeah, I want to reflect on from Eddie how but realists,
04:07 you've got two ways of looking at it. One, Newcastle are through to the FA Cup quarter-final.
04:11 Job done. If you'd said that before, before Newcastle kicked off, you would have took
04:16 that. Is their performance a bit of a worry? Possibly. Is the manner of how open they are
04:20 and how many chances people can play really easily against them? If you just defend well,
04:25 you get to look very limited in attack. And if you can take a counter well, the speed
04:30 of the defence can get at. So it's another one that Eddie will reflect on, fans will
04:35 reflect on. Is it a worry? Yes. Are Newcastle through to the next round? Yes. That seems
04:39 to be the message of the day. Cup games are sometimes not about the performance, it's
04:43 simply about the result. The performance will be worrying but at the end of the day, the
04:46 result is all that matters. Newcastle United are through to the FA Cup quarter-finals with
04:50 a penalty shoot-out victory over Blackburn Rovers.
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