Eddie Howe hit back at Manchester United as Newcastle's rivalry with Old Trafford was cranked up.
Erik ten Hag took a dig at Newcastle's game-management tactics before the Carabao Cup final labelling the Geordies "annoying." And that jibe lay behind a super-motivated Newcastle performance, as Joe Willock and Callum Wilson claimed a deserved win.
Even the Newcastle club Twitter account got in on the needling, which included fractious touchline exchanges between both sets of staff including Howe and Ten Hag. NUFC tweeted: "No time-wasting required."