Manchester United Secures Carabao Cup Victory, Ending Trophy Drought Since 2017.

Manchester United defeated Newcastle 2-0 to win the Carabao cup, their first major trophy since 2017 and the first under manager Erik ten Hug at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

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Casemiro broke the deadlock minutes after the half-hour mark, heading home from a Luke Shaw freekick.

Five minutes later, the lead was doubled after Marcus Rashford looked to have continued his electric form when his deflected strike just evaded Lorius Karius to fly into the Newcastle goal despite the German’s despairing fingertips it was later ruled to be a Sven Botman own goal.

Newcastle attempted to rally in the second half, but the goals have dried up at the wrong time for Eddie Howe's men.

The trophy cements an excellent turnaround under Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag who has transformed the club from perennial underachievers to trophy winners in just over 10 months.

“It’s an amazing feeling, we’ve been searching for this moment, us, the fans, the club, finally we get our trophy, we deserve it,” Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes told Sky Sports just moments after the final whistle.

“It’s been an amazing period. The first trophy of the season but we want more. It’s not enough for this club, we want more and we need more because our standards deserve more.”

It was a final longtime coming for both teams for different reasons.

For Manchester United, the club hasn’t won a trophy since 2017 a cataclysmic expanse for the club the size of it.