The black-and-white-clad hordes had turned up wondering if it would finally be the day. There was optimism and yet massive apprehension, too. The Newcastle United support had lived on the ends of their nerves since advancing to this Carabao Cup final. When you last won a domestic trophy in 1955 – the FA Cup victory against Manchester City, the goals from Jackie Milburn, Bobby Mitchell and George Hannah going down in folklore – it was going to be this way.
But it was the day, one when new legends were born. Above all, it was just a giant Newcastle party. Yes, there was tension at the end, of course there was when the board went up to show eight additional minutes and Federico Chiesa, on as a Liverpool substitute, ran through to make it 2-1, the goal given after a review showed he was onside.
