Gallery: City triumph on penalties after eventful League Cup clash | OneFootball

The best images from a dramatic penalty shoot-out win at the Gateshead International Stadium in the Subway League Cup.

City stayed top of Group A after beating Newcastle 7-6 on penalties to earn an extra point after a pulsating 3-3 draw in normal time in the North East.

Newcastle went 1-0 up after 11 minutes when Lois Joel laid a shot from outside of the box into the top corner, as the two sides met each other for the first time since 2009.

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But the Magpies unable to take their slender lead into the interval as City pulled level with the last action of the first half when Laura Coombs swept home Iman Beney’s cut-back.

City carried our momentum into the second half and Yui Hasegawa fired us in front shortly after the break.

It was thanks to more brilliant work from Beney who made a clever reverse pass to the Japanese midfielder.

The Blues were in full motion and really had a foothold of the game on the hour mark, which was made stronger as Gracie Prior netted our third goal from a corner.

Despite a strong second 45 from City, Newcastle halved the deficit through Freya Gregory with eight minutes to play and suddenly the game heated up once again.

The hosts then dramatically levelled through Shania Hayles on the cusp of full-time - meaning we would face a penalty shoot-out to decide who would pick up the extra point.

After a tense set of penalties that saw us go as far as seven, it was Laura Blindkilde Brown who fired home the decisive penalty to earn us a bonus point.

The result means we sit top of Group A on five points, with a final game against Nottingham Forest looming. City have to win or draw against the Tricky Trees to finish top of the table and qualify for the next round.

Check out the best images from our Subway League Cup clash via the gallery below...