In the early morning of December 20, Beijing time, in the quarterfinals of the 2023-24 English League Cup, Chelsea hosted Stamford Bridge to face Newcastle. Conor Gallagher hit the woodwork in the first half, Wilson broke the deadlock with a solo effort, Enzo was substituted injured and Armando Broja had a goal disallowed, and in the second half, a recovering Nkunku came on for his Chelsea debut, with Mykhailo Mudryk equalising in the 92nd minute. In the penalty shoot-out, Newcastle missed penalties twice. In the end, Chelsea eliminated Newcastle 5-3 on aggregate to progress to the last four of the Carabao Cup.
In the sixth minute, a Chelsea corner from the right was cleared into the box, and Gallagher, who was in front of the arc, stopped the ball and volleyed with his right foot, which bounced off the crossbar.
In the 16th minute, Chelsea made consecutive mistakes, the return pass in front was leaked by Caicedo, Wilson received the ball and drove straight in, and the ball was too big in front of the penalty area, but Badiashile made another mistake in the return pass to the goalkeeper, Wilson scored with a single push, Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea.
In the 23rd minute, Palmer cut inside with the ball on the right side of the field and volleyed into the near corner before coming to the penalty area, and the Newcastle goalkeeper fell to the ground to save the ball. In the 28th minute, Raheem Sterling played with his teammates on the left side of the penalty area, received the ball and pushed it into the far corner, but the ball was slightly wide.
In the 29th minute, Sterling headed back from the right side of the Chelsea penalty area and Sterling's shot from near the penalty spot was blocked. In the 32nd minute, Mr. Enzo was injured and could not hold on and was replaced by Armando Broja.
In the 33rd minute, Raheem Sterling dribbled into the box and was tripped and the referee did not indicate it. In the 38th minute, Armandoja, who had just come out, received a straight plug into the right side of the penalty area and scored from a small angle. But he was offside and the goal was disallowed. At the end of the first half, the two teams exchanged scores.
In the second half, Chelsea made a series of crosses from the left side of the field, and Jackson in the box turned and volleyed wide. In the 56th minute, Raheem Sterling received a through ball into the far corner from the right side of the penalty area, and the goalkeeper fell to the ground to save the ball. In the 69th minute, France international Nkunku, who suffered a serious injury after joining Chelsea, replaced Jackson, and the former Bundesliga Golden Boot made his Chelsea debut.
In the 71st minute, Raheem Sterling received a yellow card for a fake fall. In the 92nd minute, Gusto crossed from the right in front of the field, Kieran Trippier in the box headed the opponent, and Mudryk, who followed up, scrambled to score, Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle.
After 90 minutes, the two sides drew 1-1 and the game went to penalties. Chelsea's Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Nkunku and Mykhailo Mudryk missed shots in the shoot-out, Newcastle's Wilson and Guimaraes converted penalties, Kieran Trippier shot wide and Richie's spot-kick was saved.
In the end, the game ended with Chelsea beating Newcastle 5-3 on aggregate (4-2 on penalties).