The beauty of a Wembley cup final is anything can happen. Newcastle United needed no reminding that plenty of pre-match 'underdogs' have rocked up to the national stadium and pulled off history-making scalps over the years.
However, on Sunday the writing appeared to be on the wall for Eddie Howe's side as Manchester United scored their second goal in the space of six first-half minutes. The positive about this Newcastle team is that they will always continue to battle, which they did at Wembley, but the Red Devils simply had too many cup final veterans in their side.
Lisandro Martinez is a World Cup winner, Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw are European Championship finalists, and even late substitute Marcel Sabitzer has won trophies in both Germany and Austria. That is before even mentioning experienced figures such as David de Gea, Fred, Bruno Fernandes and a duo who boast a mere nine Champions League titles between them - Casemiro and Raphael Varane.
