Sean Longstaff continued his recent prolific goalscoring run as Newcastle United earned their first Premier League Cup win of the season by beating Bristol City 2-1 at Bath City's Twerton Park.
Longstaff hit his seventh goal in five matches with a superb left-footed shot to put the Magpies ahead in the 17th minute and Luke Charman added the second from close range on the stroke of half-time.
City, who had won 2-1 at Southampton in their opening Group A match, pulled one back late on through Diego De Girolamo but they could not do enough to earn a point.
REPORT: An experienced #BristolCity U23 side fell to a 2-1 defeat against Newcastle United in the PL2 Cup at Bath. https://t.co/0y6xXl6hrx pic.twitter.com/yeKdx4nONy
— Bristol City FC (@bcfctweets) November 7, 2016
U23s: Magpies down the Robins in the Premier League Cup
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) November 7, 2016
Match report: https://t.co/rhPn2hT8eF #NUFC pic.twitter.com/UMJ8blRgbt
Newcastle's next fixture in the competition is at Southampton on Friday December 2, while Bristol City's next tie is at home to Swansea City on Monday December 5.