Silver Fox Dreadful performance tbf, not sure what the reason was, they looked incredibly tired which is nonsense for professional footballers as ever even if they had to play on Tuesday. You could argue that the kids in last year's final were more effective, maybe should have started some youth? Having said that, well done Newcastle, apparently I heard somewhere that they hadn't won anything for 70 years, mental if true!
Yeah, really odd performance from Liverpool. As you say, zero energy - at least until Elliott and Chiesa came on and injected some actual pace into things.
One of the only times this season too that Slot apparently came up short tactically. Liverpool were intent on piling crosses into the Newcastle box, almost all of which landed on the head of 8ft 2ins Dan Burn, because of course. Newcastle set up wide and it seemed to stifle Liverpool's creativity.
All credit to Newcastle, great to see the celebrations, a club that is surely impossible to dislike.
And to Burn, a player who was at Wigan aged 28, and wasn't particularly 'rated' even after he moved to Brighton. Last few years have been the best of his career.
I dont think it would take long to find someone who did.
