Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the Carabao Cup Final at Wembley and won their first major domestic trophy since the 1955 FA Cup.
Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2-1 in the 65th League Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 16 March 2025, the first domestic final of the English season.
The Football League introduced the League Cup in the 1960-61 season as a midweek floodlit tournament. Stanley Rous had the idea, and the League’s secretary Alan Hardaker put it into practice. Aston Villa won the first, over two legs against Rotherham United.
Since 1967 the final has been a single match at Wembley. All 92 clubs of the Premier League and the English Football League enter.
Liverpool were the holders, in their second consecutive final. Newcastle had won the 1955 FA Cup and lost all five finals they had reached since, the last of them the 2023 League Cup final on the same ground.
Dan Burn, a boyhood Newcastle supporter, headed in Kieran Trippier’s corner just before half-time, and Alexander Isak scored seven minutes into the second half. Federico Chiesa replied for Liverpool four minutes into added time.
Burn was named man of the match before a crowd of 88,513. It was Newcastle’s first League Cup, and their first major trophy of any kind since 1969.