Manchester United ends their six-year wait for major silverware with the Red Devils defeating Newcastle United 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final.
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Casemiro scored the opener for Erik ten Hag’s side at Wembley and they doubled their lead before the break via a Sven Botman own goal.
It is their first piece of silverware since they won the Europa League under Jose Mourinho in 2017, and it could be the first trophy of a potential quadruple, with United still in the FA Cup, and Europa League and still have an outside shot of winning the Premier League.
For Newcastle, their 54-year wait for a trophy – and 68 years for a domestic trophy continues.
Newcastle was bright in the early stages but it was Manchester United who took control in 33 minutes, as Casemiro rose to head home from Luke Shaw’s free-kick. There was a VAR check but the Brazilian was ruled to be narrowly onside.
Six minutes later Marcus Rashford doubled the lead with a brilliant pass from Wout Weghorst and his shot deflected off of Botman before evading Loris Karius in the Newcastle goal.
