Newcastle 1-1 Blackburn: Matt Ritchie's late penalty rescues Toon in FA Cup

Daily Mail | January 5, 2019

Rafa Benitez made a half-hearted attempt to protest otherwise, but you got the feeling he would rather have lost this.

'I am disappointed because we have to play another game. A replay is bad news,' he said.

How sad that the six-time winners of this competition have been reduced to bemoaning a replay and the chance to progress to the fourth round.

Bradley Dack powered a header past Freddie Woodman from Elliott Bennett's inviting cross

ud83dudca5 | Bullet header from @BradDacks40. pic.twitter.com/S0hEcZ7sNu
— The Emirates FA Cup (@EmiratesFACup) January 5, 2019

Dack's 56th-minute header threatened another early exit for troubled Newcastle

MATCH FACTS

Newcastle (4-2-3-1): Woodman 5; Sterry 5, Schar 6, Lejeune 6, Manquillo 6; Hayden 5 (Shelvey 57, 6), Longstaff 6 (Perez 80); Murphy 5 (Atsu 74, 5), Kenedy 5.