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Newcastle United ended their 70-year wait for a domestic trophy by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the EFL Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
Dan Burn, fresh from his England call-up, opened the scoring with a towering header in the first half, before Alexander Isak had the decisive say on his 100th Newcastle appearance.
Federico Chiesa gave the Reds some late hope as Newcastle’s defence was finally split open in second-half stoppage time, but his low drive proved nothing more than a consolation for Arne Slot’s side.
Newcastle’s triumph is their first in a major cup competition since they won the FA Cup in 1955.
Despite an open start, there were few clear-cut chances, with Harvey Barnes skewing an early volley well wide before Jacob Murphy blazed a wild effort high over the crossbar.
But with Liverpool struggling to click into gear, Newcastle eventually made the breakthrough on the stroke of half-time, as Burn beat Alexis Mac Allister to Kieran Trippier’s corner, rising high to send a brilliant header beyond a wrong-footed Caoimhin Kelleher.
Newcastle picked up where they left off after the break, though were denied a second goal in the 51st minute as Bruno Guimaraes was judged to be impeding Kelleher from an offside position before Isak turned in from close range.
Isak was not to be denied just over a minute later though, as he latched onto Murphy’s nod down to fire a first-time effort into the bottom-left corner.
Liverpool came to life from there, with substitute Curtis Jones forcing Nick Pope into a fine save with a rifled effort down the middle, though Kelleher had to be alert to deny Isak a second.
In a long period of stoppage time, Chiesa set up a nervy ending as he latched onto Harvey Elliott’s throughball before firing a low shot under Pope. The offside flag initially went up, but the decision was overturned following a VAR review.
However, Newcastle held firm to end their long wait for glory.
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