Newcastle reached the second Carabao Cup final in three years after a 2-0 win over Arsenal secured an imposing 4-0 win in the semifinals.
Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon scored Magpies ‘goals at night at St James’ Park, adding the strikes of Gordon and Alexander Isak to the first leg in a dominant show over two legs against Mikel Arteta men.
Having seen an early ISAK target excluded for the offside, Murphy fell after just 16 minutes to send Tyneside to predators before Gordon added another to what proved to be a comfortable night as the unjust gunners failed to They put a glove.
The Eddie Howe side will face either Liverpool or Tottenham in the Wembley final on March 16th. Spurs today leads to Liverpool 1-0 in front of Thursday’s second leg at Anfield.
Newcastle vs Arsenal
The tie was almost over four minutes when Alexander Isak was enjoyed enjoyable by Anthony Gordon’s via Pass, but after a VAR check, the target was excluded for offside.
Martin Odegaard then saw a curved effort charged by Sven Botman before cutting a right strike from the position for what it seemed to be expensive.
And not much later, Newcastle was really in the driving seat, one brilliant one two between Isak and Gordon resulted in Sweden that broke the position with a shot and Murphy was on alert to slip home the recovery.
“He refused once, but not this time!”
Alexander Isak’s attempt beats the position, but Jacob Murphy is there to finish the rebound 🎯 pic.twitter.com/yculfnshim
– Sky Sports Football (@skyfootball) February 5th 2025
Three goals under the inert, but Arsenal looked away from below and outside and Leandro Trossard forced a smart savings by Martin Dubravka, as the North Londoners looked at the pressure.
The Gunners continued to push for a crucial target before the break, but it was Gordon who went the closest to the break before the referee broke the whistle, bending a wide attempt before another shot was blocked.
Newcastle dominates the tooth arsenal
Newcastle continued to upset the visitors and could easily find a second when Gordon took Saliba’s pocket with Raya on the land of man, but England’s long -standing effort covered a little bit.
Once again, Arsenal did not learn their lesson, as the high type of Fabian Schar fell on Gordon’s way, who put it beyond Raya to put the Toon Four up and allowed the faithful Geordie to start keep their tickets to Wembley.
St. James’s Park is shaking! 🎵🔥
Newcastle is taking advantage of a misleading game from Arsenal on the back pic.twitter.com/eshmxkmpha
– Sky Sports Football (@skyfootball) February 5th 2025
Arsenal continued to see most of the ball, but failed to create any clear chances. The pieces were again their biggest threat, but Newcastle managed to handle them comfortably as a whole.
When they finally made a connection from a corner in the last minute of normal time, Myles Lewis-Skelly headed with a goal for a gap that contributed to Arsenal’s miserable night.
