Just 35 days will have passed since Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2-0 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley when the two lock horns this weekend.
On Sunday they meet again and lessons have already been learned about the two teams in a little over a month. The main lesson seems to be that Man United aren't as good they were made to look on that day at Wembley, and Newcastle definitely aren't as poor as they seemed to suggest in that fateful six-minute spell in the first half beneath the famous arch.
Since Wembley, Newcastle have passed a test of character and have not gone missing in a season that should still be spoken about in positive manner. They did lose away to Man City a week later, but the post-game analysis showed that defeat was down to poor finishing rather than a lack of ideas or courage.
