Newcastle United reserved their place in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday night after a 2-0 win over Arsenal, taking their overall superiority in 4-0 in both semi-finals
Newcastle boasted with a two -goal pillow since the first match in early January And it extended that advantage in the middle of the road during the first half. Seeing already Alexander Isaac's early attempt, not allowing for offside, Jacob Murphy jumped home from near distance to leave Arsenal in a dangerous position at rest.
Anthony Gordon doubled Newcastle's supremacy at night and gave them an advantage of four goals in aggregate after punishing a clumsy pass by David Raya, with magpies holding firm to secure their trip to Wembley in March, for the second time in seasons of three.
Newcastle will have to wait to detect their Karabao Last opponents but they know they will face either Tottenham or Liverpool, who block the horns during their second match in Anfield on Thursday night.
How was the game unfolded
Decibel's already deafening levels increased in St. James Park 'after only four minutes as Newcastle He had the ball in the net. Isaac, who had already scored in both meetings with Arsenal This season, it ran forward to gather Gordon through the ball before falling beyond Raya, but his strike was excluded for a marginal offside – a ruling announced before the local crowd by Judge Simon Hooper.
Newcastle didn't have to wait long for their eventual opening, however, with Murphy producing a nerve strike while shooting at the attack after Isaac destroyed the post. After seeing Martin Odegaard, he slammed the wood work on the other end just a minute ago, an explosion of relief and the jubilee filled the St. James Park.
Arsenal desperately sought a pre -resting draw and Leandro Trossard went closer, trying Martin Dubravka with a strong run -off effort. But things went from evil to evil for increasingly frustrated attackers after that, while Gabriel Martinelli left the field tightening his hamstring.
Newcastle could have set the connection beyond Arsenal's reach just three minutes in the second half after William Saliba's mistake allowed Gordon a 50 -yard shoot with Raya out of position. However, England's long -range International's long -range attempt crossed a wide leg of the open goal.
The Newcastle winger made no mistake after another catastrophic defensive mistake from the moments of visitors later. Raya's hospital was transferred to Declan Rice under tremendous pressure and the midfielder was unable to hold possession while the ball was kindly for Gordon, who calmly tried at home.
Arsenal rapidly accepted the loss, and the artistic decision to attract Odegaard and Trossard at the clock sign showed just as much, with Newcastle seemed to be touched in the closing stages to maintain a clean sheet.
Newcastle will face Spurs or Liverpool in the final on Sunday 16 March as they compete in the finals.
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The Cakophone of St. James' park was aiming to push their side a step closer to a large first trophy since 1955 and they did an admirable work to act as the 12th man. Newcastle fed home support throughout and rarely seemed at risk of delivering their well -earned advantage.
A first energetic and mature screen cut into arsenal nerves and even saw them extend their pillow through Murphy. In front of them seemed deadly in the opposite attack, their midfielders followed every loose ball and their line with five men stood strong under constant pressure
An early goal of the second half helped further relieve any nerve and the calm with which Newcastle closed the game out was extraordinary. Their work rate was surprising throughout the field – even with the clearly won game – and they kidnapped every Arsenal pressure shoot.
After approaching the glory under Eddie Howe in the 2023 Carabao Cup final, Newcastle will be desperate to put an end to their agonizing trophy this time. Whether Tottenham or Liverpool are the issues of their opponents little – this side of Newcastle is capable of conquering anyone.
As he did during the first match at the Emirates Stadium, Isaac showed Arsenal exactly what they are missing on the big scene. The wonderful center ahead is Definition of an Orthodox Nine and offered Newcastle everything that gunners are screaming during their moments of disappointment and weakness this term.
Few attackers are capable of giving up the Arsenal center duo, but William Saliba and Gabriel were left shocked by Newcastle's Sharpshooter. Isaac was, surprisingly, in the heart of the best moments of the local team, using his speed to extend the Gunners and his impressive physique to keep possession.
But for some inches, he would have placed Newcastle on their early path, while his extraordinary one-two and successor thunderbolt forced the eventual opening. He was similarly endangering after the break while making Arsenal's defense look firmly amateur.
Arsenal knew that they needed the performance of their lives to overthrow a two -goal deficit in Tyneside, but they gave themselves some hope for a miracle comeback. Continuous defensive errors, wrong transitions and dangerous decisions took their task impossible immediately after half time.
Newcastle had been ruthless in the first match, despite creating some clear chances, but they saw it much simpler to carve the open arsenal on this occasion. Both Saliba and Gabriel produced nerve shows, while the unnecessary passage of Raya on midfield gifts wrapped the second of the evening magpies.
As in the Champions League quarter -final last season, Arsenal strangled over two feet with the pressure raised. They were no matches for Newcastle's intensity throughout the tie and only to blame for an underestimated exit.