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 win their first major silverware in 70 years, with a 2-1 defeat of Liverpool in the EFL Cup Final. Read below.

On the last four occasions the holders had reached the EFL Cup final prior to this match, they had gone on to lift the trophy, but Liverpool were not able to continue that trend