Newcastle United escaped Carabao Cup embarrassment at Newport by the skin of their teeth as Jonjo Shelvey's late strike and a 5-4 penalty shootout victory sent them through to the quarter-finals.

Newport were three minutes away from adding Newcastle to their long list of cup scalps, with the League two side hanging on to their fifth-minute lead given to them after goalkeeper Mark Gillespie's error handed Tristan Abrahams a bizarre opener.

But a stunning long-range strike from Shelvey spared Newcastle blushes as a 1-1 draw sent the tie to penalties, where Brandon Cooper blazed the decisive spot-kick over to send Steve Bruce's men through.