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Newcastle United may have been under-strength but this was anything but a low wattage performance from Steve Bruce’s second stringers. Quite apart from helping pacify Leicester’s high-powered attacking armoury along the road to penalties, Yoshinori Muto, Matty Longstaff and company probably convinced a few more Tyneside doubters to offer Rafael Benítez’s successor the benefit of considerable doubt.
Ultimately the two penalties Kasper Schmeichel saved from Jonjo Shelvey and Isaac Hayden, prefaced Jamie Vardy – who else? – sealing the shootout and propelling Brendan Rodgers’ side into the third round. Continue reading...