Tonali double downs Villa! - Aston Villa (1-3) Newcastle United - Emirates FA Cup 2025-26

Oh, it's Douglas Luiz who took it. Abraham! Well, they look towards the assistant. The flag has stayed down. No VAR, of course. But they were caught out by the impudence of Douglas Luiz here, playing for his second club in this season's competition. Of course, knocked out with Nottingham Forest. But he's given Villa a flying start here with a clever free kick. They're very good at set-pieces, Villa. One-nil. And Abraham, marking his return. Lovely finish, too. Offside, says Eddie Howe, and he might well have been right. Rodgers. Here's Barkley. Real strong start here by Aston Villa. Blocked by Thiao from Abraham. He did drop to one knee, the defender. Here's Hall. And Barnes, behind Bogard, trying to get back. Barnes goes down. And Chris Kavner has pointed for a goal kick. As Barnes sent tumbling here, he might well have been. Rodgers. A bit risky from Paul Torres. And it's picked off. Here's Barnes again. And still Barnes. Best chance for Newcastle in this first half. And he's hit the side netting. Thomas Tuchel is here, maybe weighing up Harvey Barnes, amongst others. Trying to lift it over the keeper. Douglas Luiz, who's made one. And now tries to score one. Just kept on rising, but it was a decent try. Walter Mata enjoying this role. Behind Osula. Luka Dinia. Was late. And Chris Kavner has a decision to make here. Well, he's gone with a yellow card. The replay suggests it should have been more severe. And Dean is still on the field, taking the corner. Luka Dinia. Bailing. No, he's giving it away. Last few seconds of the first half. And Murphy. Onside and absolutely taken out. By Marco Bizot, the cup goalkeeper for Aston Villa. And he is off straight away. Well, he, I think, has denied a goal scoring opportunity. Whether it was obvious or not. But that's a reckless tackle. Endangering an opponent. Walter Mata. Trippier. Handball and it's a penalty, surely. Newcastle can't believe that Chris Kavner has given this outside the box. Clearly inside. Controversial free kick. Dinia escaping a second yellow card as well. Here's Tonali! Deflected. But Newcastle, the 11 men against 10, have finally made it count. And it's Tonali who's been short on goals this season. I think it hit Douglas Luiz on the way through. But it's surely Tonali's goal. 1-1. The Italian to the rescue. Look at the room for Jacob Ramsey against his old club. Gordon! Only on a couple of minutes. And he nearly got the go-ahead goal for Newcastle. In by Trippier. Out by Bogard. Burn, that's a nice touch. Tonali! No need to blame a deflection this time. That was as sweet as they come. And it's Fever Italia here for Newcastle United. They lead. Had to work really hard for it. But Aston Villa paying the price for being a man down. Nalanga. Barnes on the gallop. Time nearly up here. Barnes. Good defending by Bogard. Lindelof. Need to get it forward. They've got any chance of staying in the FA Cup. Not like that. That is game, set and match. And a place in the fifth round for Newcastle United. And Nick Valtomare on his 24th birthday has nicked the ball here. But Newcastle haven't nicked the result. They've thoroughly deserved it in this second half against depleted Aston Villa. Aston Villa 1. Newcastle United 3.