The director of Newcastle United Eddie Howe greeted the match of the match Dan Burn as “Colossus” and said his side had broken the new territory with a 2-1 win in Liverpool in the EFL Cup final.
Magpies ended their 70 -year wait for a significant domestic trophy and a 56 -year wait for an important trophy of any kind, as a burn header and a wonderful close -range strike by Alexander Isak secured a worthy victory in Wembley, despite Federico’s target of Federico Chiesa. Frayingle Nerves.
Burn, who called the England team for the first time at the age of 32, was excellent at taking over Liverpool’s attack alongside his colleagues Fabian Schar, and Howe rushed to praise the local hero as his side celebrated their names in Newcastle Folklore.
“I am very emotional and I am all day in contrast to me,” Howe told Sky Sports. “We knew what is at stake for all our fans today. We wanted to make them proud and win the trophy.
“I am like that, so happy with the result and the performance – it’s worth winning today.
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– Newcastle United (@nufc) March 16 2025
“It was difficult when Liverpool scored. I was thinking about extra time, we always find it difficult for ourselves that it would never be 2-0.”
“We knew the story well and we wanted to make the club proud. We wanted to score, we wanted to run and we wanted to win.
“We’re breaking the new ground. I thought we’re wonderful today.
Only one child from Blyth 🥹
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– Newcastle United (@nufc) March 16 2025
“We couldn’t believe that Dan Burn scored – not trained like that! It was a colossus for us.”
Newcastle had suffered a 2-0 defeat in Liverpool on February 26 in the Premier League. Asked about this game, Howe had admitted that he deliberately refused to show his cards in a competition in which his team was much less ambitious.
Howe finally turned out to have the perfect game, his most direct style and the energy of his side and pressing helping to stifle the most terrible attack on English football.
“Both teams were quite immediate and we treated this very well,” Howe added.
“No one wanted to make a mistake. He didn’t play very beautiful football, but we were effective in both boxes.
“We didn’t want to show our hand when we played them a few weeks ago. We still wanted to win this game we did in a different way.”
But Howe could not be drawn for his speech on his legacy and where Newcastle could go from here, with Magpies still on the Champions League hunt for the Premier League.
“I want to enjoy it first,” Howe said. “I’m always for tomorrow, but I’ll put the training books for a few days.”
