Story by[]BBCWed, January 14, 2026 at 2:42 PM UTC·2 min readNewcastle head coach Eddie Howe says his side are "still alive" in the Carabao Cup, but one of football's "magical moments" will be needed to overhaul Manchester City. The Magpies - holders of the trophy - lost 2-0 in the home leg of their semi-final against City on Tuesday, with the Manchester leg arriving on 4 February. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"We're still alive, we're still in there fighting, although it is very difficult to turn it around," said Howe, whose side beat Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg of last year's semi."It's still possible and football can conjure up some magical moments."Last year, we were on the other side of this scoreline. We went to Arsenal and won 2-0 and we felt that game was still very much alive, it was all about the next goal in the tie. I think that's going to be the case in this one - if we can get the next goal, we're still very much in it."We saw enough today to think we can be competitive and we weren't at our absolute best physically.
