Liverpool VS Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final: How much were they prepared to win Eddie Howe?

I handed Eddie Howe a bottle of water before last week our final cup examination, and he jokingly asked if there was a bottle of vodka in it.

Of course, it was said with the smile of Chief Newcastle, and our next interview underlined that he was already positively cheerful, but he must have hoped that something slightly stronger than the water would cope with Manic three days in which they saw that he was losing three of his best players on injury and suspension.

Anthony Gordon’s FA Cup Straight Red Card meant he would miss the next three games – including the Sunday finals of Carabao Cup against his boyish club, Liverpool.

It was a hammer hit in Newcastle, because Gordon was the winner of the match and was a starter for Wembley. It is as if it is not bad enough, Howe was then processed two further blows to the news that defenders Lewis Hall and Sven Botman would require surgery to be with these extended spells aside.

Hall was one of the stars of the club this season in the left back, and Botman is considered to be his best defender. Three of the best players, everyone switched off within 72 hours.

It was all very Newcastle; Many of the believers Geordie felt that their club was damn for a while, and this trio of hits wrote in that scenario. Gordon Red Card especially had a striking resemblance to Nick Pope a week before the finals of Carabao Cup two years ago, which means that Howe had to throw in the third election goalkeeper Loris Karius into the network on Wembley for his debut.

Newcastle was affected by the loss of the pope and debutant Karius failed to retain Manchester United as they softened a 2-0 victory and raised the trophy.

But despite everything, the mood remains high. Even without the trio of absences, Newcastle has the right winners of the games on their side, and there is a feeling that their middle trio Bruna Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton are as good as everything that Liverpool Arne’s slot could state.

Newcastle Boss Howe will also allow no individual to peek into self -pity. It’s just not what he does. His managerial mantra is “never too high, never too low”, and in handsome waters like those last week the 47-year-old comes into his own.

Howe knows that he still has a stronger team two years ago, and on their day his side showed that they could reconcile anyone. In a one-time match like the Cup final, anything can happen, and last week’s bad luck will be the last thing in mind his players when they take Wembley Torf on Sunday. As Guimaraes said on Monday, this is the Newcastle World Cup final.

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What effect it has The victory on Monday night over West Hama did she have?

He felt like one of the most important results of the season for the club. They needed a number of reasons, but mostly to raise their mood to the finals. It was not a classic effect, but it was made of thin and determination – and proved that communion remained despite the negativity of the week before.

Moving to the finals of the cup at the back of three defeats would be a difficult situation to be raised. But that 1-0 victory, a clean sheet and everything, was exactly what the doctor ordered. And you could see that in celebrations at the final whistle.

Rarely Howe celebrates the victory in this way, but he knew the importance of results in terms of momentum and morality. And the connection between players and fans was there to see everyone to see as the players selenadated to fans who travel long into the night.

In addition to winning the fight at the London stadium, another significant outcome was the absence of new injuries. At his press conference on Friday, Howe confirmed that he had a clean health account besides the aforementioned. That was the true concern of many fans, who were scared of the final curse of the Cup.

Personally, I am a little worried that star striker Alexander Isak did not look at his electrifying best in West Ham, but there were another 75 minutes below the Swedes belt and there was a mitigation in the fact that he was against the depth hammer. Liverpool, of course, will come to Newcastle on the big Wembley terrain, and this is played in the hands of the attacker … something he admitted this morning.

How will Newcastle overcome their choice questions?

Despite the absence of the Gordon Trio Star, Botman and Hall, Newcastle have enough in their ranks to send a strong initial 11.

The big questionnaires surrounded who the goalkeeper NO 1 is, but I am almost sure that the Pope will continue between the rods at the expense of Martin Dubravka. This decision will share Newcastle fans, but I feel that the Pope’s physical stature will get Kim at Wembley, despite only recently returning from an injury.

Botman has not played much this season anyway, so on Sunday the usual return of Fabian Schar and Dan Burn, who have been appointed.

Hall’s absence is not so direct. The only natural replacement of the left back would be Matt Targett, but one has yet to start the Premier League match this season and it would be a big question to try and stop my salad without swing. If Botman was appropriate, Burn could switch to the left back, but I think Howe will continue with the right legs Tino Livramentto on the left, and the experienced Kieran Trippier to the right of the back four.

I feel that the involvement of Trippier will give a team more leadership, and although Livramentto does not look most comfortable going to the left, he has the pace and physicality to best deal with the threat of the Liverpool star. Hall will be a great loss in the offensive sense, and he controlled Salah well on Anfield two weeks ago.

The second big decision that HWE has to make will be above what plays wide left instead of Gordon. I can’t decide how Howe will go to this.

Harvey Barnes would be a natural choice and will not cause any harm with a decent enough performance on Monday at West Ham, but they cannot shake off in a ticklish feeling that Newcastle chief will play both Joelinton and Joe Willock and ask the two of them to change on the left. This worked well in the previous seasons, but it was not seen so much because of a series of injuries to both players.

They both know the games well and get along nicely. He would also give Newcastle an additional man in the middle of the field when he defends and handed himself a cover of Lovrament, against Salah.

But the other thing to consider is the Trent Alexander-Arnold injury. Without the attack on the right, can it decide to put Barnes more against the external position in the form of Watar Endo or Jarela Quansah?

Regardless of the decision, Howe still has a choice. But last week’s loss of Gordon, Halla and Botman – all three left Sider – was expensive.

What does this finale mean for the city compared to two years ago?

Well, the trophy drought has increased by two more years, so, of course, there is a greater pressure. But in many ways the expectation is less than the final against Manchester United 2023. Mostly because Newcastle is facing the best team in the country this time, while Manchester United was not in the best of places at the time.

I think the fact that Newcastle Underdogs is answered this time. Fans travel in hope more than expectations, and although another final defeat will be difficult to capture due to the fact that it extends the trophy drought further, there is an understanding that Newcastle is facing the strongest test from everyone if they want to get silver accessories.

But this time they didn’t have easy to come to Wembley, eliminating Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, Brentford and Arsenal on the way. So why not another one?

An additional subplot is the exit of the Liverpool Champions League in the hands of PSG in the middle of the week, it is an ironic team that Newcastle hit 4-1 in the same competition in the same competition in the same competition.

Will emotion on Tuesday night at Anfield reject Liverpool or the opposite? It will be intriguing. If Liverpool appears at best, they will win, but if they are influenced by what happened in Newcastle, then they have players who can use and write their names in the club folklore.

And then everyone in the city will be on vodka, not just a manager …