Newcastle achieved the Carabao Cup final for the second time in three seasons after a 2-0 semi-final second leg victory over Arsenal contributed to a 4-0 aggregated victory.
Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon struck for the men of Eddie Howe, so that the advantage that they achieved in the Emirates in the Emirates in the first stage on January 7, expanded to book a place in Wembley on March 16.
The magpies will now be confronted with Tottenham or Liverpool, who play second leg in the other semi -final on Thursday evening, live on Sky Sports Football.
Newcastle almost started the dream in a raw St James' park. Alexander Isak – who came into play after he scored 14 goals in his last 13 games – escaped behind the Arsenal defense and thought it was just with a brutal, devastating finish.
The Swede stored every second of the passionate festivals of the home fans, but was quickly returned to the earth when referee Simon Hooper announced the stadium about the PA system, the goal was excluded for the outside after a VAR assessment.
But 15 minutes later they scored one that did count. Gabriel and William Saliba were again unable to control Isak, who hit an unstoppable shot from the left pole. Evenzaal thought Arsenal thought they were free, until Murphy arrived to push and put it in an empty net.
There was another injury problems for Arsenal – who did not sign an attacker in the transfer window of January – before the break when Gabriel Martinelli went to the ground and held his hamstring and was quickly replaced by Ethan Nwaneri.
Within three minutes after the second half, Gordon started the ball of Saliba's feet and with Gunners goalkeeper David Raya from his line, tried his luck from 40 meters, with the ball just wide from the left pole. But Arsenal handed their hosts a ticket to Wembley very shortly thereafter.
Raya played the ball to Declan Rice, who was pressed and expropriated by Fabian Schar, with the loose ball that jumped in front of Gordon, which struck low in the top left corner.
All hope that Arsenal had to come back to the tie that evaporates there and then, giving Newcastle the chance to end their 70-year waiting time for a large trophy in the capital next month.
Howe: Another final of Wembley is huge for Newcastle – but we have to be there regularly
Newcastle -Manager Eddie Howe speaks with Sky Sports:
When changing the system: “The work began on Monday. But I think the Champions League experience really helped us. That made us work with two-day gymnasts and really fast game plans.
“We do things and tweak things, depending on the opposition, and you can see that there was a lot of change in our performance today, but we thought we needed more heights in the team, we thought we wanted real firmness in the back, so so We I felt that we had to change to win the game and it came out today.
“I have to say that the players deserve the honor because they follow the instruction to the letter.”
When reaching Wembley again: “It is huge. The first Wembley -appearance was brilliant, it was a bit unexpected, but a club like this and where it wants to be, we have to be there regularly. We must feel it no surprise.
“We are here on merit, our run is not easy. Look at the teams we are dealing with; I think they are four Premier League teams if I am right, but we have done the hard yards and we got it now One chance.
“Hopefully we can learn from the last and simply improve our performance.”
Arteta: a difficult one to swallow
Arsenal -Manager Mikel Arteta speaks in his press conference:
“We played so many games every three days, and we knew that would be a high intensity. Emotionally it was a different game to believe that we could get there. And before we expected, the game came away from us.
“We have to swallow this – it is a difficult one. We had a lot of expectation. There is nothing that we can do now – we had to do it on the field. Now we have to look ahead. It is a painful one. Must charge in Dubai, because because because We have a lot to play for.
“Errors are part of football, but we are usually super consistent and composed, but today we have given them hope. We allowed them to run and we were vulnerable – they are a dangerous team when they could do that.
“We had so many expectations to turn this around, but we never got a momentum despite the fact that we had a number of big moments in the first half. We did not capitalize and the next action they scored. The match shifted then. We had to Then we remain cool to score a goal, but we did not succeed in doing that.
“If you want to win trophies, you have to be effective in the boxes. We played two games against them and not [been effective]. In general, that was the most important difference. Today we were a bit restless when the game became more chaotic, we normally composed more, but we missed a bit. “
Redknapp: Newcastle has done Arsenal what Arsenal does to others
Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports Football:
“They didn't need much motivation today. The atmosphere, the crowd, the way they are busy was fantastic. And the manager was definitely seen the tactic.
“When I saw the setup, I thought 'this is going to be interesting' because with rice, pareny and odgaard in midfield for Arsenal, they had an extra man – and when parey starts to dictate the game and goes on the ball, the ball , the game goes on for longer, if Arsenal scores the first goal, Newcastle Edgy can become.
“But they became so aggressive and they got the right balance today. I thought they were absolutely beautiful. Now everyone can relax; they have a month before the final.
“I thought they deserved it thoroughly because they did Arsenal what Arsenal did with a lot of teams, where they try to man trade, try to be aggressive and they came up. At set pieces they were fantastic, in the game in the game I Thought they were excellent, they really had a great balance in their team.
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