Manchester United v Newcastle United: live 90+2 min 6-1 now to Arsenal against Coventry. Walcott with another. Spurs also winning comfortably, 3-0 against Carlisle. 90+1 min Four minutes of added time. You can tell there are a lot of kids in when there's a shrill countdown from 10 seconds to the 90 minute mark. 89 min Newcastle losing momentum as the game ebbs away from them. Let's face it, Alan Pardew probably doesn't want extra time. I've added another zero to my imagined payout for Ryan Tunicliffe's father, just to make it clear I was joking to those that are telling me not to become a bookie. 87 min Gosling with a chance to win it! That exclamation mark might be a bit much... Tough chance for the midfielder on the turn, but his meek poke at De Gea is easily saved. You'd not have been shocked if he'd hammered it past him. If you'd been able to temporarily forget that you were watching Dan Gosling. 86 min Robbie Brady on for Buttner in United's final change. 84 min Pavel Pogrebnyak has got another think coming for QPR's extra time plans, he's just put Reading 3-2 ahead. 83 min Coventry have scored a consolation... but Arsenal responded with another of their own. 5-1 now at Ashburton Grove. 82 min Cisse! Absolutely tremendous from the striker, chesting down an Ameobi header, volleying it up for himself then pulling off an acrobatic overhead kick that ricochets off the crossbar! So close. 81 min Reading have equalised quickly once again at Loftus Road. QPR apparently desperate for extra time tonight. 80 min Newcastle putting United under pressure, but reverting to their "hit Ameobi with high balls" gameplan. Keane and Wootton still standing relatively tall. Theo Walcott makes it Arsenal 4 Coventry 0. 77 min Double sub for United. Vermijl replaced by Ryan Tunicliffe, Rooney off for Nick Powell. Tunicliffe's father, incidentally, had £100 on his son appearing for the Manchester United first team at odds of 100/1. He's just netted himself £10,000,000. I think that's how it works. 75 min Gosling urged to shoot by the Newcastle supporters as he finds space close to the penalty area. He does, eventually. Reluctantly. Odd quasi-chipped effort, but not far from catching out De Gea, drops just wide of the post. 73 min Djibril Cisse gives QPR a 2-1 lead against Reading in the battle of the Hoops against the not-quite Hoops. (Reading's don't go all the way round their shirts. Heathens) 72 min Bigirimana on for Tiote for Newcastle. Arsenal now leading 3-0 against Coventry. And here's Tom Cleverley scoring United's second goal: 70 min Rooney targets Welbeck, but it runs through for Keane at the far post... Depserately cleared by Gosling. 69 min Anderson strikes a loose ball at goal from 25 yards. Deflected behind for a corner. 66 min Hernandez hits the bar! Marvellous work by the striker to hold off two challenges, draw Elliot off his line and get a shot away. Agonisingly close with a bold strike towards the roof of the bet. Man Utd 2 Newcastle 1 (Cisse) I retract that sarcasm. The two subs combine to score a wonderful goal, Ferguson running straight past Vermijl and delivering a perfect cross for Cisse, evading the attentions of Wootton, to head home. 61 min Shane Ferguson is on for Coloccini as Newcastle stop pretending they want to win this game. Haris Vuckic is replaced by Papiss Cisse as Newcastle show that they are desperate to win this game. Man Utd 2 Newcastle 0 (Cleverley) Call me Nostradamus if you like. I prefer Gibbo, though. Lax defending from Newcastle, who fail to close down Welbeck on the right, or Cleverley who he rolls the ball to unapposed. From the edge of the area Cleverley picks and finds his spot in the bottom corner, firing through Coloccini's legs. 57 min Our own Alan Smith sounding increasingly hopeful that Newcastle are going to equalise soon. To me, this game looks primed for a sucker-punch against the run of play moment. Time for tonight's first pertinent statistical tweet from our friends at Opta: 54 min Vuckic goes very close indeed after some excellent control and a bullying job on Keane, with the striker backing into him then turning him and rolling a shot just wide. Newcastle have started playing into the feet of their strikers this half and look more dangerous for it. Spurs now 2-0 up in Carlisle. 53 min Olivier Giroud has reverted to non-scoring type by missing a penalty for Arsenal against Coventry. 50 min Danger for United from a Newcastle corner. Williamson on the end of it at the far post, but his downward header bounces over the bar. 48 min Welbeck takes his time on a United break, beating Williamson with a slightly lucky nutmeg on the right then sizing up his options close to the area. Opts to pull it back for Anderson but his shot is horribly incorrect and well over. 46 min Here comes a second half of football. 20.34 It's a low-key but reasonably diverting game. Newcastle's gameplan will need to change now, they're not going to be able to nick a set piece goal and hold on, and United's central defensive pair of Wootton and Keane are growing into the constant bombardment they're receiving. Rooney looking good from deep positions, and United should really be two ahead at the break on account of Tom Cleverley's somewhat worrying ability to take straightforward chances for club and country. Here are the halftimes from elsewhere: Arsenal 1 Coventry 0 Carlise 0 Tottenham 1 Norwich 1 Doncaster 0 QPR 1 Reading 1 West Brom 1 Liverpool 1 (L) 45+1 min One added minute. Spurs are 1-0 up away at Carlisle. Man Utd 1 Newcastle 0 (Anderson) Wonderful strike by the Brazillian, but he should not have been allowed to run inside from the right and shoot. It wasn't exactly made easy for him, but Gosling couldn't get close enough to him as he attempted to challenge for the ball and Anderson fired a high shot past Elliot that beat the keeper on his near post. 42 min United have lost their nerve since Cleverley's miss. Newcastle with most of the ball since, but they're being effectively marshalled by the home side. Here's Neal Dawson with his most exciting footballing moment of the 1990s: As an 18 yr old I was training with the mighty Yatton Athletic in the Somerset Senior league. The big signing for the club that season was Ralph Milne direct from Man Utd. Imagine the excitement of knowing you would be playing alongside an ex-UTD player. Ferguson once said he was his worst ever signing, to be fair he was also Yatton Athletics worst signing, he was the walking answer to the age old football question "who ate all the pies," in short he was indeed rubbish...... 41 min Olivier Giroud has put Arsenal 1-0 ahead against Coventry. 40 min Coloccini earns his side a second corner in quick succesion with a deflected header. It comes to nothing. West Brom have the lead against Liverpool. Just as I check the scorer (Tamas) I see that Liverpool have equalised through Sahin. 38 min Here's Wayne Rooney and his aforementioned hurty thigh: 35 min Oh wow, that is absolutely gold-plated horror-Rosenthal zinger-MISS from Tom Cleverley! Hernandez does well to read a slightly underhit backheel from Welbeck, then shows him how to play the perfect pass, slightly ahead of Cleverley as he runs into the expose inside-left channel. He's all alone, 12 yards out, with only Elliot to beat. The crowd are celebrating as soon as he kicks it. But he's screwed it wide! All together now: No, no, no, no, no, no. 31 min Gabriel Obertan doing nothing to suggest that he's not the terrible footballer we all suspect he is. Lots of time on the right, three players to pick out in the middle, only two United defenders on them. Obertan finds Keane. The Manchester United defender. The cross was delivered as if he was targeting him. I'm not sure that's what Alan Pardew meant when he spoke of targeting United's young centre backs. 30 min Norwich have a 1-0 lead at home to Doncaster. Still no goals elsewhere in the other games, other than at Loftus Road. 29 min Headed clear by Newcastle, who may have demonstrated that they're rather keen on set pieces once or twice already this evening. 28 min Top work from Welbeck who is targets wide on the left by a well-judged up and under by Rooney. Welbeck runs at Perch with menace, cuts inside and shoots with suitable power to bring another solid save out of Elliot. Corner. 26 min Alan Pardew's side are living up to their manager's promise to target United from set pieces. Every free kick less than 60 yards from goal has been smashed towards the box. This latest effort, from just inside United's half, is easily claimed by De Gea. 23 min Quite a pleasant watch, this game. Reasonably good XIs playing with reasonable enthusiasm, but there's that non-threatening League Cup sheen to it all. No suggestion that it's going to get particularly intense at any point. Like the last match of a season in which neither team has anything at stake and have given some youngsters a run-out. 21 min Another disappointing finish on the volley by a player in the box. Hernandez this time, on the end of an artful scooped pass forward from Rooney. The Mexican did not have anything like the space Gosling had previously, but his scuffed shot had the same result. Goal kick. 19 min Buzz around Old Trafford every time Rooney is on the ball. He shoots hard from 30 yards on the right in response. It's blocked. Some social commentary from your friend and mine Maurice Sampson: Perhaps Michael Owen has forgotten that Twitter IS for 6 year olds....! Kaspars Gorkss hits back immediately for Reading against QPR. 1-1 at Loftus Road. 17 min The corner leads to another, but Newcastle get it clear easily enough. QPR have taken the lead against Reading through Junior Hoillet. 15 min Great save by Rob Elliot in the the Newcastle goal! Anderson charges forward from deep and plays a one-two with Cleverley which basically amounts to Cleverley touching the ball then getting well out of the way. Anderson continues his bustling run despite the attentions of Coloccini and shoots towards the top left corner. Elliot saves firmly, corner to United. 14 min Oof, that is a League Cup-standard finish from Dan Gosling. Ameobi does excellently to nod a throw towards the midfielder in the box. He's all alone close to the penalty spot but shins it over the bar. No, no, no, no, no, no. 12 min Twitter's most boring man Michael Owen has been asked to give an opinion on something, and is understandably livid: 10 min Anderson fails to make the most of a promising United break, looking for Hernandez on the right when Rooney and Buttner were two against one on the other side. Stick to almost making good slide tackles, Anderson. 9 min Another free kick for Newcastle, wide on the right. Hooked high into the box and Coloccini sneaks in between Rooney and Vermijl. Handball by Williamson, says Anthony Taylor. Eagle-eyed Mark Ogden with some news from Old Trafford: 7 min The last three things Anderson has done have been slide tackles. All missed, by some distance. I hope this continues, I could watch failed slide tackles all night. The final one results in a free kick for Newcastle. Pumped into the box, to little consequence. 5 min Excellent cross from young Belgian full-back Marnick Vermijl who made full use of the amount of space afforded to him by Tavernier on the right. Swings the ball in and Hernandez attempts to head at goal. 4 min Rooney with a promising raking ball forward towards Cleverley, the midfielder fires over. United edging a low-key opening few minutes. 1 min Newcastle get us started in unexpected fashion: with a kick off! That'll change how we all think about the game. Oh, wait, sorry, did I say unexpected? I got over-excited. 19.42 The teams are in the tunnel. Darren Fletcher leads out United. Because he's captain. That's how it works. 19.36 Forty years since Newcastle won at Old Trafford. Alan Pardew speaks in the pre-game interview of his plan to target United from set plays. Quick, Sir'alex! Pick some taller players! 19.31 Here are the full teams, at last: Man Utd: De Gea, Vermiji, Wootton, Keane, Buttner, Cleverley, Fletcher, Anderson, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez. Subs: Johnstone, Evans, Powell, Lingard, Brady, King, Tunnicliffe. Newcastle: Elliot, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini, Tavernier, Obertan, Tiote, Gosling, Marveaux, Vuckic, Shola Ameobi. Subs: Harper, Anita, Cisse, Amalfitano, Bigirimana, Sammy Ameobi, Ferguson. 19.15 Plenty more Coca-Cola cup action to keep you entertained this evening. Arsenal v Coventry Carlisle v Tottenham Norwich v Doncaster QPR v Reading West Brom v Liverpool All are kicking off at the same time as this game, other than the match at the Hawthorns which starts fashionably late at eight. 18.55 Some slightly unexpected team news about another United player coming back from injury from Mark Ogden: 18.50 Darren Fletcher is expected to start for United (Manchester, as they will be throughout if I use this word in isolation) this evening, stepping up his recovery after almost a year out with his bowel issue. I think we can safely file that under "jolly good news" When you've spent much of your afternoon watching videos of Phillipe Albert: ..and Wayne Rooney: Expectations rise sharply for a game between Manchester United and Newcastle United. Then you realise it's in the Capital One Cup and Newcastle are unlikely to start with David Ginola, Les Ferdinand or Darren Peacock. Still, with Manchester City gone from this competition perhaps Alex F, football's best acronym of a Harold Faltermeyer song, will ditch his tradition of fielding horribly under-strength sides for League Cup games. Doubtful, isn't it? Still, at least that means Newcastle might spring a surprise. It's win-win! I've talked myself round! Hooray for the League Cup! Team news and more to follow stay tuned. In the meantime, have a look at these five memorable moments from games between these two, which at least partially justifies me typing "Phillipe Albert moustache" into a YouTube search bar a couple of hours ago.