Oxford United beat Sunderland on penalties #CarabaoCup. Will Grigg missed his penalty for the Black Cats, with U’s keeper Simon Eastwood saving Marc McNulty’s kick to win the game. Oxford United beat fellow League One side Sunderland on penalties to reach their first League Cup quarter-final since 1987-88.
The U’s had led through Rob Hall’s curling effort from the edge of the box, moments after McNulty hit the bar. cNulty levelled for Sunderland from close range to force the shootout. The U’s were hanging on at the end of the 90 minutes, although Sunderland’s goal was their only shot on target.
Karl Robinson’s side, who scored all their penalties, also beat Millwall on penalties in the second round before beating West Ham 4-0 last time out.
The quarter-final draw will take place on Thursday at about 08:45 GMT on BBC Radio 2’s Zoe Ball Breakfast Show.
‘We were poor today’ “It’s out of your control when it goes to a penalty shootout. “It’s more about the players and fans that turned out. You never plan to win that way but if you’re going to win and go to the quarter-finals of a competition like this that’s the best way to do it. “We were poor today. That’s probably the worst we’ve played. But what a tremendous testament to League One.”
Sunderland manager Phil Parkinson:
“The referee has to take a long hard look at himself tonight for two penalties tonight. “There was a clear penalty in the first half when Joel Lynch was poleaxed in the box.
“The second one – I can’t see how it has not been given. Luke O’Nien was just about to pull the trigger and score or attempt to score – there’s not a great deal of contact, but it’s enough to bring him down and the referee was only 10 yards away.
“Everybody in the ground saw that was a penalty, so it’s hugely frustrating. The game should have been out of sight anyway. Those incidents should be irrelevant.”
Source – BBC News
In other news – John Steenhuisen hits back at critics: You don’t need degree to serve the people
Speaking publicly for the first time about his lack of post-matric qualification, the newly-elected of the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in parliament John Steenhuisen said you don’t need a degree to service people.
Steenhuisen, who is also running to succeed the recently resigned Mmusi Maimane as DA leader, said he has seen politicians with PhDs ripping off poor people. Steenhuisen’s lack of post-matric qualifications first drew the public’s attention in 2018, when the DA in KwaZulu-Natal proposed that the post of party’s chief whip in parliament – a position he held until recently – should be held by someone who is in possession of at least a degree qualification. Read more
Source: IOL
