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LAURA WOODS gave boyfriend Adam Collard a telling-off during the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg between Newcastle and Arsenal.Arsenal looked to overturn a 2-0 deficit at St. James’ Park on Wednesday night to reach the final of the tournament.Avid Arsenal fan Laura Woods was taunted by her Newcastle supporting partner Adam CollardCredit: INSTAGRAM@ADAMCOLLARDArsenal were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Newcastle on Wednesday nightCredit: REXBut Mikel Arteta’s troops ended up suffering a 2-0 defeat on the night, losing the tie 4-0 on aggregate.TNT Sports presenter Woods and her former Love Island star partner Collard once again put aside their love for one another for 90 minutes to support the Gunners and the Magpies respectively.During the match, Collard posted a video of himself celebrating as he sat next to Woods – who was holding their newborn son Leo – to his Instagram story.And the brief clip, in which Woods wagged her finger at Collard in response to his taunting, seemingly revealed which team Leo will grow up supporting.READ MORE IN FOOTBALLThe tiny tot – who was welcomed into the world last month – was wearing a Newcastle babygrow with “Toon Army” emblazoned across it as he lay on a cushion on top of his mum’s legs.Collard revealed to the world that he’ll raise Leo as a Newcastle fan before the first leg of the semi-final.He did so by sharing an adorable snap of him lying down in a baby grow which had “mini magpie” written on it.Woods, an avid Arsenal fan, was far from happy.Most read in FootballJOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUSThe couple’s newborn baby will seemingly be raised a Newcastle fanCredit: INSTAGRAM@ADAMCOLLARDLaura Wood and Adam Collard started dating in October 2023Credit: Insagram / @adamcollardThe couple have been the picture of happiness ever sinceCredit: InstagramShe reshared Collard’s story to her own and jokingly wrote “fuming” at the bottom of the photo.Gunners boss Arteta was similarly fuming at his troops’ exit from the competition.Arsenal vs NewcastleThe Spaniard said: “We had so many expectations to believe that we could turn it around.”We didn’t generate momentum, especially in the first half, the game started in the first action almost with them scoring and then the goal being denied.”Then we had the moment, two big moments, with Martin [Odegaard].”We didn’t capitalise and in the next action, they scored the goal and, obviously, the game shifted and then you need to stay cool to score a goal as early as possible.”We didn’t manage to do that in the first half, had another big chance, and then in the second half, we started to struggle as the game went by.”We didn’t generate enough situations in the final third and the game started to get away from us.”ARSENAL PLAYER RATINGS: Saliba will be having nightmares about Isak as Lewis-Skelly is only Gunners star to show upARSENAL were humbled by Newcastle at St James’ Park as the Magpies beat them 2-0 to secure a spot in the League Cup final.The North Londoners knew they needed to take an early advantage if they were to overturn the 2-0 defeat at the Emirates.But Jacob Murphy was on hand to put the Magpies a goal ahead after Alexander Isak’s shot rebounded off of the post and out to him.Shortly after the break, Anthony Gordon doubled the lead to all but confirm a second League Cup final in three years for Eddie Howe.Here’s how SunSport’s Gary Stonehouse rated the Gunners.David Raya – 5Stitched Declan Rice right up for the second goal.And that absolutely killed this as a contest for his side.Jurrien Timber – 6Tried to get forward and support the attack early but soon found himself dropping deeper to avoid being caught on the counter.Tough night for the Dutchman up against Gordon in front of the red-hot home crowd.William Saliba – 4Let frustration get the better of him when he got himself booked for grabbing Anthony Gordon’s shirt.And the winger almost embarrassed him again at the start of the second period when he caught the defender sleeping, nicked the ball from him, but could only shoot wide.The usually assured star will be having nightmares of Gordon and Isak.Gabriel Magalhaes – 6Another who struggled to contain Toon’s two pacey attacking threats but did fair slightly better than his usually formidable partner.Myles Lewis-Skelly – 7Another assured performance from the full-back in a raucous atmosphere.Could not be faulted for any of the goals and showed flashes off his potential despite the humbling.Martin Odegaard – 6Everything Arsenal did try came through the skipper.Although he loses a mark as things could have been a very different story if he had finished his first half effort had hit the inside rather than outside of the post.Thomas Partey – 6Plenty of running about but very little to show or product for his efforts.Declan Rice – 6Looked to take a knock late in the first half and continued to struggle on after the restart.Was hung out to dry by his goalie for the second goal and he did keep pushing until the very end.But it was a disappointing night for the England star and his partner Partey as they came up short against Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes.Gabriel Martinelli – 5Struggled to get past big Dan Burn during his brief time on the pitch.And his night was brought to an abrupt end when he limped off before the break.Kai Havertz – 4Outmuscled, outbattled and outthought but Svan Botman and Fabian Schar.Produced zilch on an evening when he and his team-mates lacked creativity and ideas.Leandro Trossard – 5Many will have been fancying him to cause some problems for the 34-year-old Kieran Trippier but the veteran had him in his pocket all night.Arteta had seen enough by the hour mark and opted to let Raheem Sterling have a go instead.Subs usedEthan Nwaneri (37 mins for Martinelli) – 6Desperately tried to inject some pace and threat into the faltering Arsenal attack but the task proved too much for the young Gunn.He should have plenty more big occasions to look forward to though in his career.Mikel Merino (70 mins for Odegaard) – 5The game was already done and dusted when he entered the fray for battle.Some nice touches, but like those before him, he couldn’t produce anything for the visitors.Raheem Sterling (61 mins for Trossard) – 4Got half an hour to try and get at Trippier but, just like Trossard before him, he was not given an ounce of joy.Riccardo Calafiori (78 mins for Timber) – 4Was brought on simply to get some minutes in his legs.Jorginho (78 mins for Partey) – 4See above. Little chance to make an impact with the game well and truly over. More