Manchester United left-back Luke Shaw has set the target of trying to win the FA Cup this season following Sunday's Carabao Cup final triumph over Newcastle United at Wembley.
United ended their six-year wait for a trophy with a fairly comfortable 2-0 win over the Magpies, thanks to first-half goals from Casemiro and Marcus Rashford. The former headed the Reds into a 33rd-minute lead, rising highest to meet Shaw's free-kick delivery, ahead of Rashford doubling their advantage just six minutes later via the aid of a deflection.
Newcastle dominated the game for long spells in the second half, dictating possession, but did so without ever really threatening David de Gea between the posts. The closest they came to scoring after the break was when Jacob Murphy's swerving effort went just wide late on.
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The Reds, justifiably, celebrated on the Wembley turf in front of their army of supporters, while manager Erik ten Hag was even spotted dancing with summer signings Lisandro Martinez and Antony. But despite the jubilation Sunday's victory brought for the whole club, the players were back on the grass at their Carrington training base by Monday lunchtime, putting plans in place for Wednesday night's FA Cup fifth-round tussle with West Ham United at Old Trafford.
Shaw told Sky Sports: "I think obviously we don't want to look too far. I think of course the game is a really big game on Wednesday.
"It's a competition that, of course, we want to look to win. I think that's why we're in today [Monday]. There's no days off.
"There was not really many celebrations last night, so I think full focus after that was just to make sure that we come in today and prepare for that game because, like I said, it's a competition that we want to stay involved in. We know it's going to be a tough test against West Ham."
United will use the game against the Hammers as an opportunity to build on Sunday's Wembley triumph. And speaking in the immediate aftermath of the win over Newcastle, Shaw felt it was important to recognise the key roles that those behind the scenes play as well.
"I think, sometimes, people find it is easy to forget about the people who are not on the pitch," Shaw told Sky Sports. "I have been here a long time now and I have had a lot of good moments and a lot of bad ones and they have always stuck by me when I have been inside the training ground.
"They deserve this as much as us [the players]."
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