Obviously, there were a lot of day trippers who made the most of cheap cup tickets, however, I am not sure that excuses the chorus of boos.

Nottingham Forest fans ‘Losing to Forest reserves at home doesn’t bode well for Newcastle…There will be some horses punched tonight.’

Two cracking goals but Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 3 – Watch the strikes and ‘defending’ here.

League Cup attendances – you don’t whether to laugh or cry when you see Newcastle v their Premier League rivals.

Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 3 – The United player match ratings for Wednesday night”s game.

Rafa Benitez “The players have to be ready for playing in the cup against a Championship team, if you can’t it means something is wrong.”

Mark Warburton “I thought first-half we were way ahead of Newcastle because we were 2-1 up but it could have been 4-1 at least.”

Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 3 – Instant NUFC fan/writer reaction to Wednesday night’s cup defeat.