Newcastle United has won 2025 Carabao Cup final against league leaders Liverpool by 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday and this end their 70-years wait for a major domestic trophy.
The Magpies won the 1955 FA Cup final, but their next five final appearances (three FA Cup, two League Cup) had each ended in defeat – the last of which came in 2023, when they lost 2-0 to Man Utd in this same fixture.
A towering header from boyhood Newcastle fan Dan Burn just before the break and a sublime finish from talisman Alexander Isak just after the restart put them on course for a victory generations had longed for.
However, Federico Chiesa’s 96th-minute consolation goal – confirmed after a lengthy VAR review – set up a tense finale but it was not enough to help Liverpool find the equaliser that would have sent the game to extra-time