Carabao Cup final: Newcastle boss Eddie Howe the real deal, says Jamie Carragher after Magpies end 70 years of hurt

16 March 2025, 19:37 | Updated: 17 March 2025, 06:03

Jamie Carragher called Eddie Howe "the real deal" after he led Newcastle to their first major domestic trophy for 70 years.

A towering header from boyhood Newcastle fan Dan Burn just before the break and a sublime finish from talisman Alexander Isak in the Carabao Cup final put Toon on course for a 2-1 victory over Liverpool at Wembley that generations had longed for.

It was also a first major trophy for Howe, who became the first homegrown manager to win one of English football's major trophies in almost 17 years.

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