Will Rooney reports from Wembley as Liverpool suffer defeat in the Carabao Cup final.
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00:00Full-time here at Wembley, Carabao Cup final, Liverpool suffering 2-1 defeat at the hands of Newcastle
00:06and it was much deserved. Liverpool were lacklustre from the start, Newcastle were excellent.
00:11Liverpool couldn't cope with the intensity that Newcastle set out with from the outtest.
00:17Liverpool, yeah, they look jaded, they look fatigued, they look like a team who are running out of steam a little bit
00:27and if they didn't have such a clear gap at the top of the Premier League table, you would be wondering
00:34are they going to run out of steam or are they going to start slipping up?
00:39Luckily enough they have 12 points, a real healthy lead ahead of us.
00:44But yeah, Newcastle were excellent ending their 70-year wait for a trophy.
00:51Yeah, what can I say about Liverpool, they were poor to a man today.
00:57Maybe Harvey Elliott off the bench did well, but apart from that, you're scrabbling around.
01:04Newcastle were excellent in the first half, they didn't have any real chances.
01:09You thought Liverpool were just going to get in over the line, a hard time,
01:13Arnold Slott may be able to adjust, but the goal came in the 45th minute.
01:21Dan Byrne left an ace of space on the edge of the bottom of the corner.
01:26It was a fantastic header from Dan Byrne.
01:28People were looking around questioning why he was allowed such space.
01:32Arnold Slott said after the game that the Pools, they usually mark Zonal and they have three men marking,
01:38but Dan Byrne is 6'7", and the nearest player to him was Alexis McAlister, he's 5'9".
01:43There were a couple of warning signs before that.
01:46Newcastle just didn't let Liverpool play, I thought the press was excellent.
01:51They made Liverpool play long, they tried to use Mo Salah as the out ball.
01:55Dan Byrne, who was man of the match, stepped out of position.
01:59Man of Mo Salah, just after Newcastle scored, the Pools had the first real opportunity to equalise.
02:08It was a half chance just before the break.
02:10Mo Salah pulled the ball to the box, headed back by Luis Diaz.
02:14Diogo Jota, whose form continues to stutter, skewed well-wired at times.
02:20Second half, you thought Liverpool might come out and do something, play through the third a little bit more.
02:26They had a couple of good moves, but Newcastle continued to threaten from set-pieces.
02:34They had one goal disallowed from Alexander Isak from a set-piece,
02:40but a minute later Liverpool didn't heed the warning signs.
02:44Isak, that man, the Newcastle talisman, was on the score sheet.
02:49Jacob Murphy headed a ball back from goal.
02:52There was Isak, peeled off his man to finish into the far corner.
02:57The Pools rallied somewhat, but Newcastle carried on and continued to pose a threat.
03:02They looked dangerous.
03:07Kelleher made a really good saving goal from Isak.
03:11In stoppage time, Liverpool nested a consolation goal, but that's all it was.
03:17It was Federico Chiesa, who came off the bench for the first time in a month and a half.
03:23It was his first appearance.
03:25The two subs he was combining, Harvey Elliott playing a really nice pass-through and Chiesa finishing.
03:30He was left offside, but VAR viewed the incident and deemed that he had stayed on.
03:36But after that, it wasn't like Liverpool were really probing Newcastle's goals.
03:43They didn't do anything.
03:45As I say, they were deserved to run us up in the competition.
03:49They won it last season, but they travelled back to Merseyside to run us up.
03:56We were hoping there would be no hangover because they went off the Champions League earlier this week.
04:00If Liverpool got a massive lead, it would be an absolute calamity if they did lose the Premier League title.
04:09There are some problems to sort out in the summer for Arnold Slot, particularly forwards.
04:16The old Jota form is really jettisoned.
04:19Dale Nunes didn't do anything when he came on.
04:22There's problems in the top end of the pitch in the striking position, left wing.
04:28There was Diaz, who wasn't great.
04:30Mo Salah was really subdued.
04:33He was shackled.
04:34Ryan Gravenberchuk was tired.
04:36Liverpool needed someone to add cover and competition there.
04:40Right back, Gerald Kwanzaa, isn't a right back.
04:43He didn't have a great game.
04:45It will obviously depend on what happens there.
04:49There are questions for Arnold Slot to answer.
04:52International break now.
04:54Liverpool have had a game for 16 days.
04:57That's a major set of data against Everton.
04:59They've really got to improve from that.
05:02That'll be the game at Anfield.
05:05They'll make it physical, just like Newcastle did today.
05:09Liverpool have got to find a way.
05:11They struggle against these physical teams.
05:13Everton are good so far.
05:15Man Utd are home.
05:17Boris are home.
05:19Disappointing day for the fans to travel down.
05:23Liverpool return to Merseyside as Carabao Cup runners-up.
05:28Finish Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle.