Manchester United lifted their first trophy since 2019 on Sunday afternoon as Erik ten Hag's side won the Carabao Cup in his first season in charge - whilst Chelsea look a shadow of their former selves. Summer signing Casemiro headed home an opening goal before Marcus Rashford added a second before half-time, giving United a comfortable lead over Newcastle.
Ten Hag endured a difficult start to life at Old Trafford and has had to overcome a number of challenges. Leaving Marcus Rashford out of the team for being late, dropping club captain Harry Maguire, disciplining Cristiano Ronaldo - all of these problems have been dealt with immensely well by Ten Hag and he is now viewed as they key figure at the club - similar to that of Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.
Speaking to SkySports after the Carabao Cup final, former United defender Gary Neville said: "The big things, leaving Marcus Rashford out after doing so well for being late, the way in which he handled the Ronaldo situation and leaving out Harry Maguire, those are massive decisions and could have quite easily gone the wrong way, but I think he has assumed control of the club again.
