Morecambe 0 Newcastle United 2: match report I thought Sammy gave a really good account of himself as well. He's starting to put it all together now and knock on the first-team door. It's a nice moment for the Ameobi family to see both boys on the scoresheet. This result takes the pressure off a bit and it will give everybody at the club a lift. Pardew had argued before travelling to Lancashire that all the players in his squad should be strong enough to come into the side and be good enough to beat a team three divisions below them. He was right, but it is always a risk to make eight changes to a starting line-up, as has so often been seen in the recent history of the League Cup - a competition revitalised by its propensity to shock. Morecambe were by far the better of the two teams in the first period and should have gone in at half-time in front. Their chief threat early on came from set pieces, but they also opened up the visitors in open play as the game wore on. Twice Newcastle cleared headers off the line, with Morecambe claiming the second was handled by Dan Gosling although replays showed it had been his chest. Andy Fleming tested Rob Elliot from distance early on. That was a routine save for the Newcastle goalkeeper but he was called upon to make two impressive ones before the break when Padraig Amond was able to get in behind the defence. On the first occasion, Elliot tipped a rising shot over the bar, on the second he got down sharply to a low strike from close range. Newcastle's best chance was a header from Yoan Gouffran which went wide and a free-kick from the otherwise anonymous Gael Bigirimana, which Morecambe goalkeeper Barry Roche tipped over. On came Shola Ameobi for the Magpies but the veteran striker missed a wonderful chance within minutes when he sliced a shot high and wide when clean through. Newcastle were much improved, though, dominating possession after a half-time rollicking. It felt like a goal was coming. Paul Dummett went close with a ferocious 25-yard drive as Morecambe found it hard to relieve the pressure. Eventually it came when Shola Ameobi's shot took a deflection, wrong-footed Roche and broke Morecambe hearts. Sammy Ameobi then broke free to seal the tie in stoppage time. Morecombe manager Jim Bentley said: "This competition has received a bit of a boost with recent results. The top teams rotate their squads, Newcastle did and we had a real good go. We were the better team in the first half but we needed to score when we were on top. That would have made them nervous and maybe got their fans on their back, but it wasn't to be. I'm proud of the team, though, because we worried them and they had to bring on some of their best players to get the job done. Morecambe Roche; Wright, Hughes, Parrish, Diagne, Fleming (Kenyon 77), Drummond (Mwasile 87), Williams, Amond (Marshall 57), Sampson, Ellison. Subs Threlfall, McCready, McGee, Arestidou. Booked Fleming, Sampson. Newcastle Elliot; Debuchy, Yanga-Mbiwa, Good, Dummett, Bigirimana, Gosling, Marveaux (Sissoko 88), Vuckic (Sh Ameobi 46), Sa Ameobi, Gouffran (Ben Arfa 71). Subs Santon, Anita, Alnwick, Streete. Booked Marveaux. Referee M Haywood (W Yorkshire).