After seeing how Arne Slot and his players reacted to their Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle, an emotional Eddie Howe praised Liverpool for showing "absolute class" at Wembley. Newcastle finally ended their 70-year domestic trophy drought on Sunday afternoon as goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak sealed a historic 2-1 win.

Newcastle United have ended their 56-year wait for a trophy, beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final. Dan Burn and Alexander Isak got the goals in a brilliant performance from Eddie Howe's men,

Liverpool were without Trent Alexander-Arnold against Newcastle after the England right-back suffered an ankle injury in the midweek second-leg penalty shootout loss to PSG, with Slot unsure when exactly he will be back but expecting it to be before the end of the season.