Manchester United Wins Carabao Cup After 6 Years

Manchester United ended their six-year trophy drought as they beat Newcastle 2-0 to win the Carabao Cup.

Casemiro scored the opener for Erik ten Hag's side at Wembley and they doubled their lead before the break via a Sven Botman own goal.

It is their first piece of silverware since they won the Europa League under Jose Mourinho in 2017, and it could be the first trophy of a potential quadruple, with United still in the FA Cup, Europa League and still having an outside shot of winning the Premier League.

Manchester United earned just £100,000 in prize money after defeating Newcastled United 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, February 27, 2023.

For Newcastle, their 54-year wait for a trophy - and 68 years for a domestic trophy goes on.

Newcastle were bright in the early stages but it was Manchester United who took control on 33 minutes, as Casemiro rose to head home from Luke Shaw's free-kick. There was a VAR check but the Brazilian was ruled to be narrowly onside.

Six minutes later the lead was doubled as Marcus Rashford combined brilliantly with Wout Weghorst before driving into the box and seeing his shot deflect off of Botman before evading Loris Karius in the Newcastle goal.

Eddie Howe threw on Alexander Isak at half-time to try and help turn the tide, but Newcastle could not break down a stubborn and resilient red wall, as Man Utd saw out the win.

They could even have added a late third in stoppage time as a counter saw Bruno Fernandes race through, but he was denied by Karius from close range.

Speaking on their winning, Erik Ten Hag stated: "Yet again this evening, they had the right spirit. It's a very good spirit, they act as a team and fight, give everything.

"It was not always the best football, but it was effective. Firstly, you have to win the first one [trophy]. We will get a lot of inspiration from this, but also more confidence that we can do it.

"We are still in a start to restore Man Utd to where they belong, which is winning trophies and this is the first one.

"I said before the game, Rafa Varane, Casemiro, David de Gea, they know how to win trophies. You need such lads on the pitch to point the team, to coach them, to organise, not only from a tactical prospect but especially mentally.

"The winning attitude, they have to bring it in the dressing room, in the team in different situations and they've done that."