There was no trophy at full-time, but Newcastle United well and truly exorcised some Wembley demons on Sunday. In the words of Dan Burn: "We owed them one."
Five weeks on from that painful Carabao Cup final defeat, Newcastle savoured a 2-0 victory of their own. While the Magpies have had one or two memorable wins against Manchester United in recent years, this felt different. This was an afternoon of utter dominance at a raucous St James' Park - Newcastle had 22 shots, six times as many shots on target and nearly twice as many corners - as Eddie Howe's side leapfrogged Manchester United into third place.
How fitting that Joe Willock and Callum Wilson popped up with the goals in the second half. These survivors from the Ashley era epitomised Newcastle's perseverance and ambition respectively against the Red Devils.
