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 ended 70 years of waiting for a major trophy, defeating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley to win the EFL Cup. As tends to be the case in finals, the game got off to a cagey start with most of the play taking place in midfield with very few chances.

Newcastle has ended its 70-year-wait for a major domestic trophy by beating Liverpool 2-1 in the English League Cup final