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Lewis Hall says Newcastle wanted to \u201cmake a statement\u201d at Manchester United but admits the comprehensive Carabao Cup victory at Old Trafford surpassed expectations.<\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s fourth-round tie was a repeat of February\u2019s final and Eddie Howe\u2019s men exacted some revenge with a famous first win at Old Trafford in a decade.<\/p>\n
Miguel Almiron and Joe Willock goals either side of teenage left-back Hall\u2019s volley completed a 3-0 victory that secured progress and a quarter-final trip to Chelsea next month.<\/p>\n
Put to the summer signing that he could not have expected the trip to Old Trafford to turn out like that, the 19-year-old said: \u201cNo, definitely not.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when we had the meetings (Wednesday) morning and afternoon we obviously set out the way we wanted to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s a big ground and United is a big club, so we wanted to come here and make a statement on the team and show what we\u2019re about and how we can do well in this competition and hopefully go forward and win.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was a particularly special night for boyhood Newcastle fan Hall, who scored his first ever senior goal with a smart volley from just inside the box.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was amazing,\u201d the full-back said. \u201cAs soon as I hit it I was in line with it, so I knew it had a chance and stuff.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I was over the moon. It is a bit difficult to describe, really, but I think you can see from my celebration how happy I was.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing day for us all. I thought we put in a really, really good performance \u2013 everyone who played, all the subs that came on, which is kind of our season, really.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a load of games so everyone\u2019s involved and everyone\u2019s always ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hall\u2019s Newcastle-supporting dad was among the 7,000-plus away supporters at Old Trafford, where the teenager made a memorable second start since joining on an initial season-long loan from Chelsea.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was a big change for me in my life,\u201d he told NUFC TV, as attention now turns to Saturday\u2019s Premier League clash with Arsenal at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously I\u2019ve lived at home my whole life so moving away was a difficult decision, but obviously I\u2019ve been a boyhood fan of Newcastle, as well as my family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt the club was going in a really good direction. I\u2019d obviously spoken to the manager and stuff, so I was really, really looking forward to joining.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far it\u2019s been really good. I think it\u2019s difficult when you\u2019re not playing but every day I\u2019m training, I\u2019m enjoying it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just trying to work my hardest and do what I can so then when I am called upon I can take my chances.\u201d<\/p>\n