Newcastle wins the English League Cup and secures their first major internal trophy in 70

LONDON -Newcastle ended 70 years of waiting for a major internal trophy, defeating Liverpool 2-1 in the final of the English League Cup on Sunday.

Dan Burn and Alexander Isak scored one side of the break to seal Victoria at Wembley.

The Federico Chiesa replacement has pulled a goal back for Liverpool over extra time, to set a tense end, but Newcastle continued.

Newcastle’s last major internal trophy was failed in 1955 and this has been his first silver piece since it was Bought by Saudi Arabia The sovereign fund of wealth in 2021.

Liverpool is 12 arsenal points at the Premier League peak and looks at the course to win a 20 -year -old title from the English League this season. But coach Arne Slot has been forced to wait for his first trophy since the Last year Jurgen Klopp.

The defeat ended a painful week for the Merseyside club, which was came out of the Champions League Tuesday after losing Paris Saint-Germain in a punishment fire.

Burn’s powerful header pulled Newcastle just before the break and Isak doubled the lead in the 52nd minute, with a close -out -fired blow.

Newcastle’s last major trophy was now the late 1969 inter-Cup.

There were nearly painful minimum misses and values in the years that intervened, including the final losses in the back Cup in 1998 and ’99 and Defeat the Manchester United in the League Cup final two years ago.

On this occasion, Newcastle was a worthy winner against a team from Liverpool, who was too good for top rivals this season – losing once in the league.

The arsenal closes the gap

Mikel Merino drove Arsenal to a 1-0 victory against Chelsea in the Premier League to close the Driverpool gap at 12 points.

The hopes of Arsenal’s title have been extinguished in recent weeks, but Merino’s first half has set the Derby on London on Emirates Stadium.

“The only thing we can do is try to win our matches. If we do, we are in a better position, ”said Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.

Merino got up in the 20th minute to throw Robert Sanchez from Martin Odegaard, beyond Chelsea’s goalkeeper Robert Sanchez. It was enough to ensure a first victory of the League for Arsenal starting February 15th.

The defeat for Chelsea in the fourth place means that he missed the chance to expand his advantage over Manchester City in the fifth and increase his chance to qualify for the Champions League next season.

Arsenal, on 58 points, is 10 times four times the defense of Champion City.

Spurs blow

Another delay for Tottenham is likely to increase pressure on coach Ange Postecoglou who is heading in international break after a loss of 2-0 at Fulham.

Spurs, in 13, won only one of their last five in all competitions and this was a defeat in the 15th League.

“It was a difficult campaign for sure. But I feel that we have lost too many games from which we should have removed things, and this was one of those games, ”said Postecoglou. “It is another international pause that we carry in a loss and you feel it. We just have to make sure we are ready when we return. “

Rodrigo Munis granted to Fulham the leadership in the 78th in Craven Cottage, and Ryan Sessegnon doubled the management of the team at 10 minutes later.

Fulham is the eighth and four points behind Chelsea in the race for a place in the Champions League.

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