When you are going through a dry spell, who better to turn to for advice than the greatest goalscorer of them all?
Before Tuesday night, Sean Longstaff had scored just twice in his last 80 Newcastle appearances – and not at all at St James' Park in almost four years.
The midfielder had been particularly guilty of glaring misses in his side's three previous home matches against Leeds, Leicester and Fulham.
There was a similarity between the way Sean Longstaff (left) celebrated his goals during Newcastle's Carabao Cup win over Southampton and how Alan Shearer (right) used to
The midfielder's quick-fire double at St James' Park booked Newcastle's Wembley date
So, before the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg, Longstaff did what any goal-shy footballer would love to be able to do – reach out to Alan Shearer.