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Manchester United 2-0 Newcastle in the final of the EFL Cup. Sven Botman's own-goal doubles Manchester United's lead after Casemiro's header.
- Thank you for joining me today as we witnessed Manchester United pick up their first title since 2017 and Newcastle continue their long wait for a title since 1969. Erik ten Hag and his charges would now focus on further conquests as they are still alive in all competitions, while Newcastle will feel like a return to a cup final is imminent with their financial backing. Whatever the future holds for these sides, Pulse Sports has got you covered.
Roy Keane on the win, per the BBC
- "You look at the players' reaction and the supporters. They were desperate for success. All the build up was about Newcastle and their wait but five, six years for Manchester United seems a long time. They deserved their victory. They were efficient and scored two good goals. Hopefully it is the start of the good days coming back to United."
- Manchester United players are now receiving their medals. Thirty medals will be handed to the club for only players that participated in the competition, ruling out Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Captain Harry Maguire leads the Manchester United contingent as they climb up the Wembley stairs to collect their medals.
- Newcastle players will hold their heads high when they remember this final. They put up a fight and were thoroughly competitive, however, for now, as they go up to pick up their medals, only sadness and dejection are translated on their faces.
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- FULL TIME! Manchester United are champions of the EFL Cup
- It is looking like it will be Manchester United's night after all. A first trophy under Ten Hag and a first trophy since 2017 for the Red Devils is only a few seconds away
- Ten Hag shuffles the pack. Marcel Sabitzer and Scott McTominay come on for Fred and Weghorst.
- Fabian Schar sees yellow for dissent.
- Saint-Maximin has been exceptional today. He is single-handedly pulling Newcastle back into the game.
- The second-half has fallen into the cagey affair the game started as.
- Half-time substitutions. Aaron Wan Bissaka comes on for Diego Dalot while Eddie Howe takes off Sean Longstaff for Alexander Isak.
- Rashford's strike has been awarded as an own-goal for Sven Botman
- Half-time in Wembley.
- Karius denies Weghorst a second time!!! One more time and he would earn himself a biblical middle name.
- Marcus Rashford's goal is his 6th in the EFL Cup this season, making him the competitions top scorer
- ⚽Goallll !!! Marcus Rashford MBE scores once more. The surest bet in football right now is Marcus Rashford to score.
- ⚽Goalllll !!! Casemiro scores. A brilliant header from a beautiful cross by Luke Shaw.
- Newcastle United turning the screws. A devilish cross by Kieran Trippier needed to be saved by David de Gea.
- What defending!!! Martinez rises to prevent Schar from making lethal contact with the ball to the detriment of both players, who are now being treated for a head injury.
- Neither team has managed to get a proper foothold in the game, with both sides defending rigidly.
- Karius will hope the shots he faces on the day continue to be tame like Anthony's attempt. The German shot-stopper easily catches Anthony's attempted curler before starting a counterattack.
- Loris Karius already proving his doubters wrong, denying Wout Weghorst the opener.
- Yellow for Diego Dalot only eight minutes in after the Portuguese fullback cynically stopped a counter-attack.
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- Newcastle are playing their way back into the game. Guimares falls down in the box, but the referee waves play on.
- Manchester United wasted an early corner with the cross finding Bruno Guimares who headed clear.
- We are underway.
- Newcastle are currently on an eight-game losing streak at Wembley, and they face a Manchester United side that have won the League Cup five times.
Newcastle United line-up: Karius; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Wilson, Saint-Maximin
- Manchester United line-up: De Gea; Dalot, Varane, Martínez, Shaw; Casemiro, Fred; Antony, Fernandes, Rashford; Weghorst
- Manchester United face off against Newcastle at the Wembley stadium for the League Cup final.
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