Newcastle paint old London Toon black and white as 70 years of hurt are put to bed

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Carabao Cup Final

Liverpool (0) 1 Chiesa 94

Newcastle United (1) 2 Burn 45, Isak 53

And just like that the wait is over.

The longest spell of under-achievement in English football is finally ended. Spurs fans can only look on with envy.

We wondered, would the Geordies for once avoid the deep freeze that seems to set in on them on Wembley visits?

The answer was a resounding yes. Two goals either side of the break all but sealed the deal and got the party started. That sea of black and white scarves was in a state of delirium.

They had to endure an injury-time scare as Federico Chiesa put away a through ball from fellow sub Harvey Elliott - after VAR overruled a linesman's flag. But they held on to spark the mother of all parties on Tyneside.

In the event, it was holders Liverpool who did not really show up, with Mo Salah simply unable to affect the game and the team as a whole creating little. Newcastle fans will have been in agony in the final minutes, but in truth, it was all very comfortable for their team.

The Reds, lacklustre and seemingly drained by their exertions against PSG in midweek looked a pale shadow of themselves - ragged and clumsy - and once Dan Burn had powered in a header from a Kieran Trippier corner at the end of a scrappy first half, Eddie Howe's men really started to believe.

Seven minutes into the second half and the sense of destiny rose that bit more. Tino Livramento's cross from the left was nodded down by Jacob Murphy and there was Alexander Isak to sweep home from the penalty spot.

Curtis Jones came on, as did Darwin Nunez, as Arne Slot tried to change the script, and Jones soon had an effort on target that was well saved one-handed by Nick Pope as the sense of certainty grew.

It was not just a trophy curse the Geordies were lifting it was a Wembley one too. There was the 1976 League Cup final loss to Man City which came two years after a chastening 3-0 thumping to Kevin Keegan's Liverpool. The Malcolm McDonald flop.

Then there were those successive, scoreless FA Cup final defeats in the Alan Shearer years to Arsenal and Man United which were not bettered last time they were at Wembley, as United beat them 2-0 again in the Carabao Cup final of two years ago.

Throw in the little matter of champions-elect Liverpool having won this trophy more times than anyone else and having not lost to the Magpies in 17 previous encounters and those hopes of securing a first piece of domestic silverware since 1955 seemed even more fanciful.

But records are meant to be broken - even if it sometimes can take several decades to do it. Finally, the Geordies no longer have to keep referring to 1955 of the 1969 Fairs Cup win - their last major trophy.

The Saudi cash alone is not responsible for this moment in history, but it has undoubtedly broken the logjam. And it has probably bought Howe even more time to progress the club towards more cups. They have a solid team and did not even need the suspended Anthony Gordon to get over the line.

It was, in reality, a one-sided affair on a day the Geordies will never forget. Blaydon Races and Local Hero reverberated around the stadium's west stands after the final whistle and the tears of unbridled joy flowed.

Reds: (4-2-3-1) Kelleher - Quansah, van Dijk, Konate (Jones 56), Robertson - Gravenberch (Chiesa 74), Mac Allister (Gakpo 67) - Salah, Szoboslai, Diaz (Elliott 74) - Jota (Nunez 56)

Geordies: (4-3-3-) Pope - Tripper, Schar, Burn, Livramento - Bruno Guimaraea, Tonali, Joelinton - Murphy (Kraft 90), Isak (Wilson 81), Barnes (Willock 81)

Attendance: 88,513