Eddie Howe praised the “huge” victory of the semifinal of the Newcastle League League Cup against Arsenal, since the Chief of Las Uracas promised his team would learn from the pain of his last visit to Wembley. Pursuing an important first trophy since 1969, Newcastle took a 2-0 victory over Arsenal on a memorable night in a noisy St James park on Wednesday. The first half of Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon’s strike after the interval sealed an aggregate 4-0 success that sent the Howe team to its second final of the League Cup in the last three seasons.
Newcastle was defeated by Manchester United in Wembley in 2023, but Howe is confident that the lessons of that heartbreaking loss will provide valuable experience and motivation in the final against Liverpool or Tottenham on March 16.
“It’s huge. The first appearance was a bit unexpected, but we want to be there regularly, so it’s not a surprise this time,” he said.
“We are there for merit. Our career has not been easy this year, so we have made the hard courts.
“Hopefully we can learn from the last experience. We have traveled a long way since then. I would love to think that we can go to Wembley and play better.”
The URACAS are offering for their first important trophy from the Inter-Cities Fires Cup 56 years ago, with their last national cutlery in the 1955 FA Cup.
Despite the high bets, Newcastle finished the fashion work Netels after winning 2-0 at Arsenal in the first leg in January.
Organized magnificently by the cunning Howe, they surpassed the Mikel Arteta team thanks to the excellent performances of Sweden striker Alexander Isak and the end of England Gordon.
Howe acknowledged that he had modified his defensive system, changing to a five rear to cancel the threat of the arsenal piece.
Arteta had no answers to Howe’s tactical master class when Newcastle beat the Gunners for the third time this season.
‘We had to be ourselves’
“It was a great night for us. It was a difficult game, but we were good. We were good. The intention was to be aggressive and sometimes when you do it does not always work. Today he did,” Howe said.
“You know you are playing against elite players and an error can make things difficult. We had to be ourselves. If not, then you are on the back.
“We adjusted things depending on the opposition. We felt that we needed more height in the team, we wanted solidity at the back and we had to change to win the game.
“The players followed the letter instructions. They deserve credit.”
Newcastle will discover your Wembley opponents on Thursday when Tottenham tries to defend his first-stretch leadership of 1-0 in Anfield.
While Howe and Company can wait for the final, Arsenal was brought to Earth with an increase after the 5-1 defeat on Sunday by Manchester City.
That arrogant performance kept alive the hopes of the Arsenal to catch the leaders of the Premier League Liverpool, who is six points from the Gunners with a game in his hand.
But only four days later, Arsenal, already eliminated from the FA Cup, found another potential route to reduced cutlery in Tyneside.
“We had impulse in the first half and did not capitalize. They scored immediately after and the impulse changes,” said Arteta.
“We needed an early goal in the second half and we didn’t get that and the opportunity happens.
“They have been more efficient than us in the boxes and that is the difference in the tie.”
Arteta, whose team is in the Champions League last 16, will take your team to Dubai for a training camp before they return to action in Leicester on February 15.
“You must be very efficient. That is what leads you to win trophies and today we were. Today is painful and tomorrow is a different day.”
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and was automatically generated from a union feed).
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