WATCH: Carabao Cup final Highlights, Liverpool vs Newcastle United; Magpies win 2-1
WATCH: Carabao Cup final Highlights, Liverpool vs Newcastle United; Magpies win 2-1
I guess that’s all from my side for this game, folks. The celebrations will go on into the night for Newcastle and their fans while Liverpool will hope to not walk alone.
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The Magpies script history at Wembley as the referee blows the full-time whistle. Isak’s strike proves to be the difference as Newcastle United wins its first trophy since 1969.
Newcastle United takes the corner after Tonali is booked for wasting time. The Magpies are desperately looking to run out the game.
Newcastle gets another throw in the last minutes of second-half stoppage time. But there will be more added time surely, because of the time taken to decide on Chiesa’s goal.
Liverpool is being spurred on by the fans who look to have found new life with the goal off super-sub Chiesa. But is time really on their side? We’ll have to wait and watch.
Liverpool attacks on the counter and Chiesa gets the ball and Pope is finally beaten. Though the linesman rules the goal out for off-side initially, VAR overrules the decision, giving a goal to the Reds.
Gumiares tries to attack on the counterbut Gakpo stops him in his tracks with a firm challenge. The Dutchman gets lucky to not get into the book for the offence.
Nick Pope gets a yellow card for time wasting while Jacob Murphy is replaced by Emil Krafth in the last minute of regulation time.
Curtis Jones tries to set up an attack, with a long diagonal cross from the right but Newcastle clears the ball out of danger.
Liverpool is trying everything it can to find an opening but Newcastle United has fortified the area around the penalty box.
The roars get louder at Weembley and Anthony Gordon, out with suspension and club legend Alan Shearer are all smiles at the moment. Liverpool, on the other hand, looks a bit distraught.
Joelinton gets the ball from Livramento and tries a right-footed shot, which goes just off-target. Seconds later, Tonali tries a shot on target and Kelleher makes a save. Newcastle is attacking for fun at the moment.
Isak looks to have pulled up a muscle and he is replaced by Callum Wilson. But the Swede’s job is done. He walks back amid applause for every single Newcastle United fan in the stadium. Joe Willock replaces Harvey Barnes as the second substitution in the match.
The window of opportunity keeps getting narrower for Arne Slot and his wards. The cheers for Newcastle, on the other hand, only get louder. Meanwhile, Jones tries a shot on target but goes off-target.
Elliott takes the corner kick, which is palmed away by Nick Pope but Liverpool is flirting around the box, looking for a goal back.
Gumiares tries to get the ball off Gakpo and ends up conceding a foul. The Brazilian is not happy with the referees decision but Van Dijk comes in to calm the situation as Liverpool marches up again and gets a corner.
Slot continues to rummage for attacking options as Chiesa replaces Gaverberch and Elliott replaces Luis Diaz.
Newcastle United is raining attacks one after the other at the moment as Barnes almost sets up Isak for a tap in. As Van Dijk intercepts, Murphy goes for a long ranger seconds later, which goes just wide.
Newcastle United attacks on the counter and, with four players marauding into the final third. Tonali switches play to his right but Joelinton’s final shot fails to trouble Kelleher
Meanwhile, Slot beings in more firepower on the pitch, replacing Mac Allister with Cody Gakpo.
From St. James Park to Wembley, the songs of the Magpies looks to be ringing all around England as Newcastle looks head and shoulders above Liverpool.
Barnes and Isak combine, with the former crosses to the latter and the final shot is saved by Kelleher. It would have been ‘game over’ if that had gone in. Liverpool living very dangerously at the moment.
Szoboszlai scoops in a ball into the box and it misses two Liverpool players and falls to Nunez, who fails to get the best of shots and Pope takes control of the ball easily.
Jones tries to set up Robertson in the box but Joelinton makes another interception and he again celebrates as if he has won the title. And the corner that follows sees Pope punch the ball out of danger.
Liverpool gets a corner kick, which is taken by Mac Allister. But Burn does his defensive duties adroitly, heading the ball out of danger.
Trippier takes the free-kick. another diagonal one, which is headed away by Liverpool. Seconds later, the Reds go for an attack. Jones, getting the ball from the left, takes a shot on target. Pope meets it with equal quality to make a save a deny a certain goal.
Liverpool looks to break the press with small triangular passes around its box and Burn finally intercepts in the midfield. The Reds look cornered and Eddie Howe’s boys can only lick their lips now.
In: Nunez, Jones; Out: Diogo Jota, Ibrahima Konate,
Arne Slot looks clearly worried as chants and songs of Newcastle fans echo around the stadium and he decides to bring on Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones.
Newcastle United’s talisman Isak finally scores. Livramento, with an overlapping run, crosses to Murphy, who sets it down for Isak, who finds the left-bottom corner with a clinical strike.
Pandemonium ensues at Wembley as the Swede stands up with arms stretched to celebrate the goal. What a dominant performance by the Magpies!
Newcastle United attacks through a corner kick again and after Kelleher makes an initial save, Isak taps in into the net. However, the linesman raises the flag and the off-side decision stays after a VAR check.
Quansah does a decent job as Newcastle tries to exploit the common route of the lack of a traditional right-back. But the sand-in full-back does a decent job.
Murphy gets the ball from Trippies, off a pass, and tries to set up Isak with a long ball but Liverpool’s defence tracks back in time to clear the ball away.
Liverpool attacks again, with Luis Diaz running along the left flank and trying to set up Jota in the middle. Joelinton arrives right in time to clear the ball away and the Brazilian receives another round of applause from the Magpies’ fans.
Liverpool starts from the back with small passes and suddenly putting a foot on the gas. But Newcastle’s marking sees the end up to Kelleher again.
Isak gets the ball rolling after the restart and Liverpool will look to make a comeback in a tournament it has won a record number of times.
Liverpool tries to attack in the dying second of the opening half but Jota shoots the ball off-target from the centre of the box. And the referee blows his whistle for half-time.
It is Burn who is in seventh heaven, with the lone goal of the game so far, which keeps the Magpies ahead and happy.
Trippier takes the free-kick, the ball moving diagonally in the air and Dan Burn, using his giant height to get to the ball with his head and rattles the net with a free-header.
Shearer is delighted and Liverpool and its fans look shell-shocked.
Greats of both sides, from Ian Rush, Kenny Dalglish of Liverpool to Alan Shearer of Newcastle are at the stadium. Meanwhile, Barnes takes another shot, which is blocked for a corner.
Barnes and Livramento combine along the left flank, creating a usual route to attack against Liverpool, which is playing without a traditional right back in this match so far.
Livramento gets a diagonal ball along the left flank and he scoops in a ball for Isak on the far post but the ball goes out of play for a goal kick.
Liverpool almost gets a chance to attack as the ball fans in front of Diaz an Trippier. The Liverpool winger appeals for an alleged handball by Trippier but the referee is not interested.
Quansah makes a run along the right, with the ball, and Joelinton follows him and wins the one-on-one battle to finally win the ball back. He cheers the victory and so do the Newcastle fans.
Newcastle gets a free-kick along the left and Trippier takes it. However, Liverpool’s defence heads it out of danger and as the Reds try to attack on the counter, the Magpies, head the ball back into the middle
Barnes flies in a cross from the left, which is just missed by Isak and then Trippier tries a shot, which is blocked by Robertson and Newcastle gets a corner. The corner kick is headed by Burn and steered on target by Gumiares. But Kelleher refuses to be beaten.
Van Dijk tries to combine with Robertson along the left flank and Newcastle’s defence spots it in time to make a timely interception and put that attack to bed
Newcastle United get another corner and its another chance to hit through set-pieces. Though the corner is headed away by Liverpool, the ball is sent in by Tonali and Kelleher somehow wins the ball in the air over Burn to clear it out of danger.
Newcastle United is maintaining a fixed shape and as Luis Diaz makes a quick run along the left, trying to make a run behind the defence, Pope stops the winger in his tracks. Also, the linesman raises the flag for an off-side.
Liverpool gets a free-kick, which is taken by Robertson. Though Newcastle clears it, the ball falls for Salah, who earns a corner for the Reds. Robertson delivers the corner, which is headed out by Joelinton.
The chants of Liverpool look to have been eclipsed by an ocean of black and white, which keeps singing and raising its voice for every pass forward by the Magpies.
This time, Trippier aims for Burn but the ball eventually falls to Gumiares, but Kelleher finally mitigates the issue to get a firm hold on the ball.
Newcastle United is making a really nice practice to get the ball back to Pope through headers and the Magpies attack on the counter. Murphy’s cross finally is cleared by Konate for a corner
Barnes gets the ball in the final third and tries t set up Isak on his left. The Swede cuts back to Tonali, whose shot from outside the box goes flying just wide off-target.
Gravenberch tries to stop an attack by Newcastle and the Magpies get a corner. Time for Burn to show his aerial advantage? Nothing materisalises as Isak concedes a foul and Liverpool gets a free-kick.
The Newcastle fans have started booing every touch by the Liverpool players as the Magpies defend in numbers to every attacking development in their half.
Konate is being challenged and pressed high up the pitch and it looks like Newcastle United is having the upper hand in this game, despite starting as an underdog on paper.
The only two shot in this match remain Harvey Barnes’ left footed shot and that form Jacob Murphy, in the 4th and 15th minute, respectively.
Newcastle United goes for an attack and Tonali goes down, appealing for a foul after what looked like a genuine shirt-pull. But the referee is not interested and there are resounding boos from Newcastle fans.
The game has been quite in the balance so far, with Liverpool having 47 per cent of possession to 53 per cent for Newcastle and the Magpies look very resolute in not letting anything get past them.
Newcastle United is being pressed high up the pitch and the roars from the Kop have followed the Reds here in Wembley. Burn and Salah get into a due for the ball but the Egyptian ends up on the losing side of it.
Trippier marks Mac Allister to thwart his tendency to cross the ball in the middle and Liverpool gets a free-kick. The Argentine takes the kick, which goes straight into the gloves of Pope.
Livramento tries to go for a very good run along the left but Mac Allister stops him in his tracks to give Newcastle a free-kick, the first set-piece opportunity for the Magpies.
Luis Diaz gets the ball along the left flank and tries to beat Trippier with a quick side-step and but fouls the English full-back and the Magpies get a free-kick instead.
Liverpool gets the match underway as Mac Allister kicks the ball in action and Quansah gets an early touch on the ball, who is starting slightly out of position, with Liverpool out of options due to injuries.
The players walk onto the pitch as fans cheer and sing names of their favourites. The stage looks set, so are the officials, coaches and the iconic Wembley Stadium.
The Newcastle United fans wave scarves before kick-off as posters adorn the stage before the summit clash between the Magpies and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London.
Liverpool can win the first trophy of the Arne Slot era in Sunday’s League Cup final against a Newcastle side desperate to end the club’s 56-year wait for major silverware.
In the first final of the English domestic season, runaway Premier League leader Liverpool heads to Wembley aiming to erase the bitter taste of its Champions League exit against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
The Reds were beaten 4-1 on penalties by PSG in the last 16 second leg at Anfield.
