Newcastle United finally ended its 70 years of waiting for a large domestic trophy, because they produced an exceptional final performance of the EFL Cup to beat the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool 2-1 in Wembley.
The Magpies were considered outsiders for their second final of the EFL Cup in three years, Newcastle having lost 2-0 against Manchester United on the same scene two years ago.
But they had the opportunity this time to write in the folklore of Newcastle, a first half head by Dan Burn, followed by a superb second of the Star striker Alexander Isak.
Federico Chiesa has efforated the nerves of Newcastle with a late response, but Eddie Howe’s men hung on to win a deserved victory and put the ghosts that haunted the club for decades.
We did it !!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/yz9bmdyrcg
– Newcastle United (@NUFC) March 16, 2025
Liverpool v Newcastle
Newcastle created the best chances throughout the first half, Sandro Tonali folds a wide effort of the right post and the cushioned head of Bruno Guimaraes at too soft.
Liverpool called on a penalty aged by referee John Brooks and eliminated by Var after Kieran Trippier has manipulated in the pressure zone of Luis Diaz. Trippier’s arm was tense, but Var judged that he used it for balance.
Shortly after this stay, Newcastle obtained the objective that their performance in the first half deserved during Burn, a coherent threat to Corners in the first 45 minutes, propelled the deep delivery of Trippier in the lower corner to the left with a superb header, the first goal of the Magpies to Wembley for 25 years by sending their itinerant ventilators in ranges.
“It’s Blyth’s boy!”
A dan burn’s ball! 💥 pic.twitter.com/twjnryvqeu
– Sky Sports Football (@Skyfootball) March 16, 2025
Newcastle thought they had had six seconds in the second half when Isak projected at close range after Kelleher prevented Burn’s efforts after a corner, only for line men to consider the Guimaraes had interfered with the game from a offside position.
But just a minute later, Isak had its goal, producing a first cultivated finish of the Knockdown of Jacob Murphy to leave Liverpool with a mountain to climb.
“Now they believe!” 🎙️
Alexander Isak doubles Newcastle’s head to Wembley 🤯 pic.twitter.com/sulyvix5ul
– Sky Sports Football (@Skyfootball) March 16, 2025
Arne Slot answered by launching Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez and Jones almost halved the deficit, his vicious effort overturned by Nick Pope.
But Kelleher played even more important heroic at the other end to refuse Isak a splint after Harvey Barnes did brilliantly to remove the ball for the Swedish striker.
Barnes and Murphy then saw new opportunities go begging and, while the chronometer co-hidly eight-minute time in injury, Federico Chiesa arose the Newcastle trap offside and was calmly destroyed beyond the Pope to give Liverpool the hope of forcing an additional time.
However, there should not be a remarkable return of the potential champions of the Premier League, while Newcastle saw the six minutes of play to trigger delicious scenes as they celebrated the end of their tortuous expectations.
