“Give it to bloody Gordon!” – Newcastle’s man for the big occasion delivers again | OneFootball

Newcastle United are into the Carabao Cup final after beating Arsenal 2-0 at St James’ Park.

Goals from Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon sealed a win on the night and 4-0 aggregate success over two legs. Eddie Howe’s side thoroughly deserved to progress with the Magpies comfortably the better side in the tie.

Newcastle headed into the return with a lead to protect but showed no sign of sitting back. Alexander Isak tormented William Saliba in an unplayable performance and saw an early goal disallowed for a fractional offside.

The tie was effectively over as a contest when Newcastle opened the scoring on 19 minutes. Just seconds after Martin Odegaard had spurned a glorious chance for Arsenal, Jacob Murphy fired the home side in front at the other end.

Isak nipped ahead of Saliba to cushion a long ball into Gordon, who released the Swedish striker in behind. The forward’s fine hit cannoned back off the post, only for Murphy to steer in the rebound from a narrow angle.

Arsenal huffed and puffed in a bid to get back into the contest but a toothless forward line looked short of ideas.

The Gunners gifted Newcastle a second goal just seven minutes after the half-time interval. David Raya’s loose pass into Declan Rice was seized upon with the ball breaking for Gordon to steer home.

The Liverpudlian scored in both legs of the semi-final to extend his remarkable record against the Premier League’s top teams. Since the start of last season, Gordon has recorded 17 goals and assists in 19 appearances against the ‘Big Six’ of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham.

He will hope for at least one more big performance and goal, when Newcastle take on either Tottenham or Liverpool at Wembley on March 16th. The Magpies are one win from a first major trophy in 70 years.

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