Steve McClaren said after the game:

Chris Wilder said:

"I thought they paid us the ultimate respect in terms of the team they picked and the subs on the bench. Quite a lot of these early rounds are filled with under 21 players – and they certainly didn't have any of them tonight.

"We were up against it at times, but look at the unbelievable quality we're up against. The right winger they've just paid £12million for and they're bringing on players like Mitrovic and Colback. We were bang up against it.

"We had to have a lot of things go our way to get through, the biggest thing being the attitude of Newcastle and hoping that that's a little bit off. But I have to say that their attitude was absolutely spot on in taking us seriously.

"We got off to an awful start. But we got ourselves off the canvas and then had an opportunity to get back in the game with a fantastic free kick to make it 2-2. But we're a little bit disappointed in a couple of the goals we conceded, but you could also say that they were magnificent balls is.

"They are small margins. How the first goal is scored (by Thauvin) I'll never know, David Buchanan had him marked left, right and centre and the boy has done a Bruce Lee karate kick into the corner – that's the quality that they showed in the vital moments.

"We had our moments but didn't take advantage of them. We didn't quite pick that final pass – but I've got no complaints about my team and the way they went about it tonight.

"We looked more like a team than we did on Saturday, and we looked bright in certain areas and we had to withstand a lot of pressure, but we were in the game until the fourth goal.

"We've got a lot of spirit and hopefully Saturday was a one-off, because they've not shown signs of that throughout pre-season or tonight. We gave it a right go. Now we have to take that forward.

"We have to say a big thank you to the fans, and all our players to a man went over to the supporters at the end. It was an outstanding backing we had, and this is a hell of a long way to come on a Tuesday, so to take a thousand supporters was first class. And hopefully they go away with good memories as we gave it a go."
 

United made comfortable progress into the Third Round of the Capital One Cup thanks to an inspirational display from Florian Thauvin that prompted Steve McClaren's first win as Magpies boss.

The French winger marked his home debut by scoring the opener, having another disallowed and supplying assists for the other three goals in his 65 minutes of action - an excellent night's work.

Mike Williamson and Daryl Janmaat also bagged rare goals and Siem de Jong got the other with Marc Richards replying from the spot for Town following an inexplicable handball by Cheick Tiote.

Making nine changes from the starting lineup that drew with Manchester United, McClaren retained only Massadio Haidara and Ayoze Perez and brought in six of Saturday's bench at Old Trafford. 

Vurnon Anita, Tim Krul, Fabricio Coloccini, Steven Taylor and Gabriel Obertan were all left out (with Papiss Cisse reportedly ill) while Karl Darlow, Jamaal Lascelles, Mike Williamson and Yoan Gouffran all made their first competitive appearances of the campaign. 

Attacking a sparsely-populated Leazes End, United scored from their first attack when Haidara's left wing centre was hooked home by Thauvin. And when scorer sent over a free kick from the opposite flank that De Jong glanced in then a landslide victory looked on the cards.

Town were then quite literally handed a route back into the tie by Tiote's bizarre handball as the ball passed harmlessly out for a goal kick - striker Richards giving Darlow no chance from the spot.

Thauvin was denied his second of the night by the outstretched boot of goalkeeper Ryan Clarke on 25 minutes before lashing home a rebound from a Perez effort 12 minutes later from an offside position and turning to see the linesman raising his flag.

De Jong spurned two decent chances within 90 seconds before the interval but our two goal lead was soon restored after the resumption when the move of the night saw Perez, De Jong and Thauvin combine well for the latter to play in the overlapping Janmaat for a controlled low finish.

It was soon 4-1 shortly when a run from Perez down the left was halted illegally and Thauvin swung the dead ball to the back post to where the unmarked Williamson had a simple headed finish - Town hardly helping their cause by making a double substitution before the free kick was taken.

A trio of Newcastle replacements then followed, with Aleksandsar Mitrovic claiming to have been elbowed within seconds of his arrival and former Northampton player Ivan Toney getting warm applause from both home and away fans when he made his entrance.

More goals should have followed, but we failed to bridge a 20 year gap since we last scored more than four times in this competition. And it's a ridiculous 40 years since we last notched five or more goals in a home League Cup tie - a tally we'll seldom have a better chance of beating than tonight.

Our main objectives here were achieved though: progression to the next round in 90 minutes with no injuries and some pitch time to help sharpen fitness and aid our aim of competition for places.
 
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