'We desperately wanted to perform and to win and I thought we deserved the victory'

"I'm going to put the coaching books away for a couple of days, which is most unlike me."

CHAMPIONS: Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes and Kieran Trippier lift the Carabao Cup trophy with team-mates following victory in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London.

Carabao Cup final: Newcastle 2 (Burn 45’, Isak 52’) Liverpool 1 (Chiesa 90+4’)

AS he attempted to explain a Liverpool no-show that was as spectacular as it was unexpected, Arne Slot resembled a broken man. As shattered as his players had looked during a chastening final where the scoreline hid the magnitude of the hammering inflicted on them.