A lot has changed for the better during Newcastle United's exciting new era at St James' Park - but the Magpies could not change their wretched record at Wembley.
The hoodoo on English football's greatest stage of all means the trophy drought will merely be extended by another year but the truth is Newcastle never really came close in the Carabao Cup final. For all the concerns over Loris Karius, he handled the majority of the game reasonably enough but was exposed by a defence that have been praised highly this season.
This was a presentable enough opportunity for Eddie Howe and his players to finally deliver some silverware but they were lukewarm in the opening stages and then switched off completely on 33 and 39 minutes to effectively hand Man United the cup.
