B righton dug themselves out of a big hole in the sandpit of Rodney Parade here on Sunday night, lastly handling to see off the inspired resistance of Newport County on charges to advance to the FA Cup 4th round.
With seconds staying of injury time, Newport seemed done after Solly March’s sweet strike in the 90th minute. Nevertheless, the South Walians have not have not earned their giant-killing reputation by bowing down compliantly and thanks to an Adam Webster own objective pressed it into additional time, prior to charges.
However after being culpable for the equaliser, goalkeeper Jason Steele made emphatic amends by conserving 4 charges in the shootout. It was Webster, himself, who provided the killer blow and left Graham Potter a really relieved supervisor certainly. His faltering Premier League team actually did not require to be knocked out by League 2 dreamers.
” Terrible, I would state,” Potter stated. “Credit to Newport, they combated all the method and they had some opportunities. They do what they succeed and it was constantly going to be a tough video game here however my gamers adhered to their job well and the method they set about their work was great.
” I’m happy for Jason (Steele). He’s been great, supporting the gamers when he hasn’t been playing and not in the group and he has actually carried out actually well tonight.”
Rodney can make plonkers of them all. The ground personnel had no choice however to cover the pitch in sand after it was utilized for the Pro14 rugby union match on Saturday night. From the off, the visitors battled with the bobbles, captain Lewis Dunk falling nasty of the dodgy bounce with a weak back pass however Padraig Amond might just fire large.
Later on in the half, Amond was allow once again, this time when Steele stopped working to clear at the edge of the location. Amond hooked the ball goalbound, however Dunk returned to volley it to safety off the line. Newport must actually have actually shared the benefit.
