Manchester United win the Carabao Cup after beating Newcastle | OneFootball

Manchester United have won the 2022/23 Carabao Cup by beating Newcastle United in the final at Wembley Stadium.

It's the first trophy of the Erik ten Hag era - and United's first trophy since they scooped the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League under Jose Mourinho's rule.

The Red Devils defeated Newcastle by a scoreline of 2-0 at the national stadium, Casemiro's header and an own goal from Sven Botman doing the damage.

Casemiro's opener came courtesy of a sensational free-kick delivery from Luke Shaw out on the left - and there was nothing the returning Loris Karius between the sticks could do about it.

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Casemiro, a footballer born for the big occasions.

The serial winner at Real Madrid has already proven to be one of United's best signings of the 21st century - despite only arriving in the summer.

Soon after Casemiro's well-placed header, Ten Hag's side moved into a 2-0 lead.

There was an element of fortune to the second goal, with Marcus Rashford's scuffed shot looping over a despairing Karius due to a deflection off the unlucky Botman.

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Rashford thought he'd continued his hot streak in front of goal, but it's rightly gone down as a Botman own goal.

You can't win them all, Marcus.

Newcastle desperately tried to get back into the game after the half-time interval, the lively Alexander Isak replacing Sean Longstaff for the second half.

But Eddie Howe's men just could not find a way past David De Gea in the United goal, who made an excellent save to deny Allan Saint-Maximin in the opening half of play when the score was 0-0.

The Ten Hag era at Man Utd has only just begun

So, it's a first trophy for Ten Hag in the Red Devils hot seat - and the way his team are playing right now, you feel as if it will be the first of many.

United are still in this season's FA Cup, are favourites to win the Europa League and are just about in the Premier League title race.