00:00The team that beat Barcelona, David De Gea is the only player who started their
00:05last win in this competition six years ago today. One of the two changes from Thursday night is at
00:11right back where Diogo Dalot is preferred to Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Casemiro's domestic suspension
00:18after his sending off against Crystal Palace has been served just in time to enable him to play.
00:24The injury scare over top scorer Marcus Rashford proved unfounded. Anthony the impact
00:29substitute against Barcelona starts ahead of Jadon Sancho. Werd Beghorst hooked at half time in the
00:36week maintains his record of starting every match of his loan spell. Club captain Harry Maguire is
00:42among the substitutes whilst 18 year old Alejandro Garnacho is the youngest member of the squad.
00:49There's no doubt about Eddie Howe's biggest headache approaching the Wembley showpiece.
00:54An extraordinary set of circumstances mean that the Newcastle debut of Loris Karius is in the
01:00League Cup final. The back four pretty much picks itself with Fabian Scher the one link there to the
01:07era that preceded Howe. Like Casemiro, Bruno Gimorais has served a suspension in time to play but unlike
01:14him he's not had European football to get up to speed. Callum Wilson's back from injury to join top
01:23scorer Miguel Almiron and Alan Saint-Maximin who's been on the periphery this season. Joe Willock is
01:29fitting up for the bench where the local connection to Newcastle is strengthened by the presence of
01:35Packer goalkeeper, Mark Gillespie.
01:4033, Dan Gern.
01:4536, Sean Longstar.
01:50And 39, Bruno Gimorais.
01:53Well huge relief Gary for Manchester United that Marcus Rashford to the team.
01:57Yeah I mean I didn't have much doubt but you're right there was that risk that he did pick up
02:02something in that game on Thursday we've just seen him line up on the left-hand side Marcus Rashford
02:06which is as confirmed but I did wonder whether he would start more central it looks like he
02:10is going to begin on the left and obviously what a huge day for Loris Karius.
02:20It is the 63rd League Cup final the 50th played at Wembley and Manchester United get it underway
02:31and we are looking as the first touch is given to Loris Karius and just
02:36what this goalkeeper does today Jamie.
02:38Yeah people keep going back to that final.
02:41Anthony.
02:44That's Fernandes.
02:53Trying to show his fancy footwork to Dan Byrne.
02:59And by Fred here's Weghorst.
03:01And still!
03:04Not the cleanest connection so it was straightforward for Karius to deal with.
03:08And in the game last weekend the Premier League game against Leicester he came close
03:12on a number of occasions.
03:14His finishing is an issue for him because that is a good chance.
03:18For most centre-forwards at the very top of the game you'd fancy them.
03:26First shot of the game.
03:35Here's Trippier and Wilson was suddenly free.
03:39Turned to be the hero.
03:45It's gone all the way through to Marcus Rashford.
03:52Anthony hits one.
03:54It's there in the end.
04:03Almiron.
04:07Trippier with the ball across.
04:10That means Cher had got forward and there was a crash of hits with Martinez.
04:18Cher starts the attack.
04:19He's the one that drives forward.
04:22And we know that Trippier's quality is going to be good.
04:26But Martinez, whilst he doesn't win it, he does it up.
04:29He competes.
04:34Almiron to Trippier.
04:38Longstaff pulled into a dangerous area.
04:41It's St. Maxima.
04:42Lovely feet from him.
04:43Pushed away by Neher.
04:45And Guimarães can't keep it down.
04:50Well, that's got the Newcastle fans up at the other end of this stadium.
04:55First time they've had a real big chance.
04:57They've worked it really well at times down this right-hand side.
04:59Longstaff always makes that run.
05:01There's no one making that cross in.
05:03And you think the attack's gone.
05:04But that's absolutely fantastic by St. Maxima.
05:09Guimarães just kind of finished.
05:10But the footwork was fantastic.
05:13The goalkeeper just really well just stands there,
05:16makes himself big and says, beat me.
05:17And he can't do that this year.
05:29Sure sweeps in the kick.
05:31It's Manchester United who draw first blood.
05:37And Casemiro, the man in the middle of the celebrations, is the scorer.
06:00Well, Casemiro, he is a man for the big occasion.
06:07I was watching him before this ball came in.
06:09There was a big space for Luke Shaw to put it in.
06:12We talked about the high lines.
06:13Is he just offside?
06:14We'll have a look at that.
06:16But as it comes in, Casemiro, he's done it before, but he is really, really close.
06:23That could just be off.
06:26And Newcastle may breathe a huge sigh of relief.
06:31Let's have a look.
06:33So difficult.
06:35Those lines are going to have to go on.
06:40Well, Newcastle could yet get a reprieve here.
06:482018 the first final for which VAR was introduced and Newcastle may just be grateful for its introduction.
06:57We await the lines going on.
07:00He looks just off, but we've been wrong so many times before when we fought that.
07:07Oh, it looks good.
07:09It is good.
07:10It's on.
07:10It's a goal.
07:14And they can celebrate it all over again.
07:19An expensive investment from Eric Ten Hag, but one that has more than proven its worth.
07:26Well, he's the glue in this team, Casemiro, the one that holds them together.
07:30It's a head that has to be come a bit further away from goal, but it still has to be
07:33some headache.
07:34The kick is in the path of Callum Wilson.
07:36Now they're on.
07:38Not on his favourite side.
07:41I think it works, the high line.
07:43I think we've seen enough evidence of that.
07:44I just wondered whether this line on his goal was just a little too high.
07:48It felt like it was so close.
07:52I mean, so often we see teams get caught offside in that position, but it's just right on the line,
07:58isn't it?
07:59Sometimes you just have to look at the quality of the ball in.
08:02And that is absolutely fantastic.
08:04But you're right, it does give the kick out and that space to aim at in between goalkeeper and defenders.
08:10But even for defenders having to sprint back towards their own goal, how do they clear it with a head?
08:14It's very difficult to clear it up the pitch or even behind your own goal when you're sprinting back towards
08:19your own goalkeeper.
08:20But it just felt to me that Newcastle's line was maybe a yard or two too high.
08:29Oh, it's deflected it in and Manchester United really have got a grip of it now with a goal from
08:35a player at the peak of his powers.
08:39Marcus Rashford forces the deflection which carries it over.
08:46Manchester United really in control now.
08:57Well, Vegos gets the celebratory cuddle from Rashford, it's just a long kick forward.
09:07Vegos makes half a nuisance of himself and the ball's just moving around, Casemiro in there.
09:12Rashford gets a little bit of good fortune, it breaks to Vegos and then he makes that little dart.
09:19There is a deflection.
09:22It wasn't the greatest strike from Marcus Rashford but the goalkeeper's going down very early, maybe for the first shot
09:31and then his hand, well he just can't get enough on it, it goes over his head.
09:38Newcastle, nightmare for them, 40 minutes in.
09:44Well, Rashford, who has shown great mentality this year, will probably try and claim his first major cup final goal
09:54but it may go down as an own goal against Botman.
10:09Newcastle did one just before half-time to send them in in a happier mood.
10:17Trippier rolls it into the path of Miguel Almiron, it's Trippier's cross and the header is away from goal but
10:25it was a chance for Newcastle to.
10:27get a foothold through Dan Byrne.
10:30That's another really good example, if you can't win a header as a defender, make sure you're close to someone
10:35to put them off.
10:36This time it's Luke Shaw doing similar to what Lissandro Martinez did before, he's touched tight, he doesn't jump with
10:43him, he's not going to win it.
10:44But body to body, he's got a hold of Byrne which makes it difficult for the Newcastle all the time.
10:58Antony's done brilliant in a confined space, and it's about Beghorst who's been released, he's got Rashford up there with
11:05him, but goes for it himself!
11:07One of the best moments of the match for Carrius so far.
11:12Probably one of the best moments for Wat Wegghorst as well.
11:17Being known for his goalscorer ability since he came into Manchester United, he plays a slightly different role but Carrius
11:22stayed at full stretch.
11:26That'll certainly do him a bit of good as well.
11:29No need to keep his compote behind Callum Wilson, but it's Manchester United going through with Marcus Rashford.
11:36And Fred tries to place one, and that could have given Newcastle a wide problem at the start of the
11:40second half.
11:41Yeah, not too dissimilar to the run he made at the start of the second half on Thursday night against
11:45Barcelona.
11:46He found himself in a really good position, tries to guide this into the corner, gets it wrong.
11:55Positive changes for Newcastle, a sensible one from Eric Ten Haag, I think, from Manchester United.
12:00Masaka to Fernandes, here's Rashford.
12:07Rashford looking for Fred, who got into the middle again, Botman with the clearance.
12:11Now Anthony looks to place one, and that is straight at Loris Carrius.
12:16He's disappointed with himself.
12:20That's his A position for scoring a goal, Anthony.
12:25Just a lot of space, 18 yards out.
12:32Now Shaw.
12:40Ashford escapes from Trippier, not from Gimorais, this is Bruno Fernandes.
12:49He complains, he whinges and he gets it.
12:52Newcastle players not happy because initially it looked like the referee was pointing for a goal kick.
13:03There's Rashford, Shaw with the ball in, Degghorst with the header.
13:10It's only goal for Manchester United, was in this competition in the semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
13:29Almaron picks it up again, Wilson trying to help him out and he has, Almaron, blocked by Martinez.
13:39There's the danger for Nussi.
13:40He's going to wait to see this free kick through defensively first.
13:44Yeah, they weren't the ones I was expecting, but doesn't often get it wrong, Gerrit Ten Hag.
13:51That's almost sending a message to his team, we've won this game once, we don't need to go and win
13:55it again.
13:56Let's manage and control the rest of this football match.
13:59They're looking to make life difficult.
14:02It's Joe Linton with the shot, it's back to Callum Wilson, and there's another one.
14:09Both centre-backs, Varane and Martinez, desperately diving in front of David De Gea.
14:15De Gea himself comes out on this first one, doesn't really get it clear.
14:22Juan Bissaka, sorry. This one is Martinez.
14:28Newcastle getting glimpses, but still looking for that clear sight of goal.
14:33Trippier's kick is a deep one, Cher gets up to try and get it back.
14:41Joe Linton.
14:43Gimmarais works it through to Trippier!
14:47And De Gea got a crucial touch because Callum Wilson's eyes were lighting up there.
14:54Waggles up anyway as it turned out against Trippier.
15:00Just maybe got ahead, but you talked, Cara, about where's the quality going to come from.
15:06This pass is fantastic, brilliant goalkeeper from De Gea.
15:11His anticipation there to block that pass across the box from Trippier.
15:17Yeah, I just feel like it will be Gimmarais if there is that quality.
15:29Yes, Cher.
15:32Sarita wins the tackle and plays it through to Marcus Rashford.
15:36And Rashford goes for goal.
15:38It comes back off carriers, but there's no one there to take advantage.
15:42Yeah, that threat's going to increase with Rashford there.
15:45It's Luke Shaw!
15:48Again, they've defended it.
15:52Manchester United now starting to build up some momentum.
15:56Yeah, the counter-attack charge of Itza in midfield, breaks up play and releases Rashford.
16:06I mean, in some ways Manchester United attacking on that counter-attack.
16:11Newcastle opportunity, they don't quite finish it, but Rashford gets a good strike away.
16:16Decent save by the goalkeeper.
16:21Here's Samita.
16:30It's been 20 minutes of Newcastle pressure, but it's in the last couple of minutes.
16:35And Sinaita punching back.
