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,

After 70 long years the wait is over for Newcastle. The Saudi-backed club beat Liverpool 2-1 on Sunday to win the English League Cup and end an agonizing trophy drought. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak scored either side of halftime to seal victory at Wembley.

Newcastle United’s League Cup final triumph over Liverpool was not only a landmark moment for the club‭, ‬it was also a throwback to a time when English managers regularly stocked up the trophy cabinets of the country’s top clubs‭.