🤕 Newcastle's night goes from bad to worse with fresh injury blow

If Newcastle's Carabao Cup semi-final tie with Manchester City couldn't get any worse, Eddie Howe now has a fresh injury blow to navigate.

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The Magpies trailed 2-0 on aggregate heading into Wednesday night's clash at the Etihad Stadium, but any hope of a heroic comeback was quickly shut down as City stormed ahead inside the opening 10 minutes.

Omar Marmoush bagged a first-half brace, before midfielder Tijjani Reijnders delivered another sucker punch blow to make it 5-0 on aggregate before the break.

If that wasn't enough for Howe, winger Anthony Gordon then went down with an apparent hamstring issue and was forced off as a result.

The England international was subsequently replaced by Harvey Barnes, but Howe will no doubt be sweating over Gordon's fitness with crucial Premier League matches, an FA Cup fourth round tie and a Champions League play-off tie to navigate this month.

– Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Gordon potentially joins an injury list already consisting of Lewis Miley, Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton, Tino Livramento and Fabian Schär.

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