Manchester United beat Newcastle United 2-0 to win the Carabao cup at Wembley stadium on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag’s side took control by half-time thanks to Casemiro’s header and a Sven Botman own goal and held firm despite Newcastle’s second-half pressure. United’s first silverware since 2017, when they won the Carabao Cup and the Europa League in the Jose Mourinho era, was just a reward for a mature display that underlined the impressive work done by Dutchman Ten Hag since he arrived from Ajax last year.
The celebrations that accompanied United’s sixth Carabao Cup triumph could be the first of many trophy parades on the evidence of Ten Hag’s transformative first season.
“You have to win the first one and that is what we did today,” Ten Hag said.
“We can get a lot of inspiration from this and more confident that we can do it.
“We are still at the start of restoring Manchester United to where we belong — winning trophies.”
United remain challengers on three other fronts, sitting third in the Premier League and with an FA Cup fifth-round tie against West Ham on Wednesday followed by a Europa League last-16 tie against Real Betis in March.
