A 56-year wait for a major trophy is over for Newcastle United after defeating Liverpool 2-1 to win the EFL Cup final on Sunday. Goals from boyhood Newcastle fan Dan Burn and their talisman Alexander Isak were enough to defeat a Liverpool side that entered the week with a chance to win three trophies and will exit it only remaining in the running for one,

Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon to win the EFL Cup - their first domestic trophy win since winning the FA Cup in 1955.

Newcastle’s last major domestic trophy win was the FA Cup in 1955 when they defeated Man City 3-1. Since then, Newcastle have lost five major domestic cup finals (2x EFL Cup, 3x FA Cup), with only Chelsea ever having a longer run (3x EFL Cup, 3x FA Cup since 2019).