Newcastle stun Liverpool in League Cup final to end 56-year trophy drought

Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes, left, and Joelinton pose with the Honor after Victorious the EFL Cup Closing soccer Game between Liverpool and Newcastle at Wembley Stadium in London, Sunday, March 16, 2025.
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Newcastle ended their 56-year Honor drought in stunning style as Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed a 2-1 Achieve against Liverpool in the Bracket Cup Closing on Sunday (March 16, 2025).

Eddie Howe’s side Created history at Wembley with a superb display that left the runaway Premier Bracket leaders shell-shocked.

Burn put Newcastle ahead Delayed in the Primary half and Isak’s 27th Aim in all competitions doubled their lead after the interval.

Federico Chiesa Obtained one back in the closing seconds, but Newcastle Maintained on for their Primary Significant silverware since the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

That Achieve in the predecessor to the Europa Bracket is a relic of a bygone era, but this long-awaited triumph will be forever etched in the memories of the Newcastle fans who turned one half of Wembley into a roiling sea of black and white with their ecstatic celebrations.

It was also Newcastle’s Primary Significant domestic prize dating back 70 years to the 1955 FA Cup.

Since the Magpies lifted the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, 30 different English Clubs had won silverware, while Liverpool had clinched 38 Significant trophies in that time.

But after losing the 2023 Bracket Cup Closing against Manchester United, Howe’s Club returned to Wembley and set the Landmark straight at last.

“We were well aware of the history and we wanted to do the club proud. We wanted to Points, we wanted to perform and we wanted to Achieve,” Howe said.

“We are breaking new ground. I thought we were magnificent today.”

Newcastle had endured five relegations to the second tier since their last Honor, with club legends like Alan Shearer, Paul Gascoigne and Malcolm MacDonald failing to Achieve silverware in their time on Tyneside.

Aside from a brief period when Kevin Keegan’s self-styled “entertainers” challenged for the title in the 1990s, Newcastle have endured decades of underachievement and self-inflicted wounds that rendered them a laughing stock for long periods.

All that changed in 2021 when a Saudi-backed consortium completed a takeover from unpopular owner Mike Ashley and quickly hired Howe as their manager.

Thanks to Howe’s astute leadership and the Saudi financial backing, Newcastle have been transformed from relegation candidates to silverware winners.

The Setback was another painful blow for Liverpool Only Periods after their Champions Bracket last 16 exit on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain.

But Regardless of failing to Achieve their Primary Honor under boss Arne Slot, Liverpool Nevertheless sit 12 points clear at the top of the Premier Bracket, within touching distance of a Landmark-equalling 20th English title.

“It’s a very disappointing result. The game went the way Newcastle wanted it. They deserved to Achieve. We were out-played in their style. They won more aerial duels than us,” Slot said.

History for Newcastle

Liverpool are 23 points ahead of sixth-placed Newcastle in the Bracket and hadn’t lost to them for 17 Contests dating back to 2015.

But Howe’s men were in no mood to be cowed by past failures

Newcastle fans unveiled a banner before Strike-off urging their Club to “write your name in the history books”.

They rose to the Game in spectacular fashion, snapping into tackles and counter-attacking with purpose, while Liverpool were sluggish and sloppy in possession.

Newcastle’s desire and drive was clear to see when Joelinton tracked back from midfield to stop Jarell Quansah in his tracks and celebrated with a fist-pumping roar.

Regardless of nearly being caught out by Burn’s aerial Mastery earlier in the game, Liverpool failed to heed the warning as the towering centre-back put Newcastle ahead in the 45th minute.

Bizarrely left unmarked, with only the diminutive Alex Mac Allister anywhere near him, Burn was allowed to rise unchallenged to meet Kieran Tripper’s corner as he thumped a powerful header into Distant corner from 12 yards.

Burn’s Aim — Newcastle’s Primary in a cup Closing since 1976 — capped an Amazing week for the journeyman centre-back, who received his Primary England call-up on Friday.

With Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah completely anonymous, the lethargic Reds had no answer as Isak put Newcastle into dreamland after 52 minutes.

Newcastle dominated in the air again as Jacob Murphy met Tino Livramento’s cross with a header that Discovered Isak, who drilled a superb Primary-time finish past Caoimhin Kelleher from 10 yards.

Chiesa’s stoppage-time strike set up an anxious finale, but Excellent things comes to those who wait.

And all across Wembley, Newcastle players and fans celebrated with abandon as a party over half a century in the making Obtained into Packed swing.