You’d be reluctant to label anything as a crisis at Newcastle right now — fifth in the Premier League table and into the final of the Carabao Cup — but their recent stumble descended into a full-on face plant here.
And it was goalkeeper Nick Pope left picking grass from his teeth. When he did finally look up after falling to the ground and handling outside of his penalty area, he was met with another whack in the mouth — a red card to rule him out of Sunday’s final against Manchester United at Wembley.