Liverpool vs Newcastle in Carabao Cup final: How prepared are Eddie Howe’s side to win? | Football News

Edi Hao handed a bottle of water before meeting the final cup inspection last week and jokingly asked whether the bottle contained vodka in it.

Of course, it was said with a smile from the Newcastle coach, and our subsequent interview confirmed that he was already looking forward to forward, but he must be hoping that there will be something slightly stronger than water to deal with a three -day obsession he saw losing three of his best players for injury and comment.

The straight red card in the FA Cup to contact Anthony Gordon will lose the next three matches – including the Carabau Cup final on Sunday against his childhood club, Liverpool.

It was a hammer of Newcastle, where Gordon was a winner of the match and was the beginning of a brown in Wembley. As if this was not bad enough, Hao was then dealt with two news that defenders Luis Hall and Suffon Potman would require surgery and with these marginal seizures.

Hall was one of the club star this season in the left back, and Botman is his best defender. Three of the best players, all of them were excluded within 72 harmful hours.

Everything was Newcastle. Many believers felt that their club cursed, and this trio of visits wrote in this text. The GORDON RED card in particular endured an amazing similarity with the Nick Pope sending the week before the Carabau Cup finals two years ago, which means that Hao was on the third option goalkeeper Loris Carrius in a net in Wembley for his first appearance.

Newcastle was affected by the loss of the Pope and the novice Carius failed to remove Manchester United, giving up the 2-0 victory and raising the cup.

But despite all of this, the mood is still high. Even without the trio of the absentees, Newcastle has real winners in the matches on their side, and there is a feeling that three times in the midfield from Bruno Gaimares, Sandro Tonali and Golinton is as good as anything that Liverpool Arni coach can achieve.

Newcastle Haoy coach will also not also allow any individual self -compassion. It is simply not what he does. Its administrative slogan “is not very high, and it was not too low”, and in the volatile waters like that last week, the 47 -year -old comes.

Hao knows that he still has a stronger team than two years ago, and on their day his team showed that he could match anyone. In one time match like the Cup final, anything can happen, and it will be bad luck last week is the last thing in the minds of its players when they move to Wembley the Holy grass on Sunday. Juimaraes said on Monday, this is the World Cup final in Newcastle.

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Any kind of influence for him Monday night victory over West Ham?

I felt as if it were one of the most important results of the season for the club. They needed to win for several reasons, but mainly to raise the mood in the final. It was not elegant but it was one of the siege and design – and it proved that teamwork remained despite the negative week of the previous week.

It was difficult to raise themselves to a cup final against the backdrop of three defeats. But the victory 1-0, a clean paper and all, was just what the doctor requested. You can see this in the celebrations in the final whistle.

Hao rarely celebrated this way, but he knew the importance of the result in terms of momentum and morale. The relationship between the players and the fans there was for everyone to see while the players were screaming at the fans traveling at night.

In addition to winning the fighting at the London Stadium, the other important result was the lack of any new injuries. At his press conference on Friday, Hao confirmed that he has a clean health bill except for the above. This was a real concern for many fans, who were afraid of the final cup curse that was hit again.

Personally, I will feel a little anxious that striker Alexander Isak did not look at his best in West Ham, but he was another 75 minutes under the belt for the Swedish and there was a mitigation in the fact that he was against the five deep hammers. Liverpool will of course come to Newcastle at Wembley Grand Stadium, and this plays in the hands of the attacker … something he admitted this morning.

How will Newcastle overcome their choice problems?

Although Star Trio Gordon, Botman and Hall are not there, Newcastle has enough in their ranks to send a strong start 11.

I surrounded the big question marks of the HOW goalkeeper No. 1, but I am almost sure that the Pope will continue between the sticks at the expense of Martin Dopapka. This decision will divide Newcastle fans, but I feel that Bob’s physical status will get a gesture in Wembley despite her recent return from injury.

Botman has not played much this season anyway, so the usual back will be two of Fabian Shar and Dan Berne, who was called Sunday.

Hall’s absence is not very clear. The only natural replacement in the left back will be Targett, but it has not yet started in the Premier League match this season and it will be a big request to try to stop the MOAHAHAH without momentum. If Botman is decent, Bern was mixed to the left back, but I think Hao will continue with the right tino Livraento on the left, and the experienced Kieran Trippier on the right back.

I feel that the inclusion of Trippier will give the team more leadership, and while Livraento does not seem more comfortable to move forward on the left, it has speed and physical to deal with the threat of Liverpool man. Hall would be a great loss in the sense of an attacker, and he controlled Salah Jaid in Anfield two weeks ago.

Another big decision that Hao must make will be more than he plays on a large scale instead of Gordon. I can’t think about how Hao will continue to do this.

Harvey Barnes will be the natural option and will not cause any harm to a decent performance on Monday in West Ham, but I cannot get rid of a sneaking feeling that the Newcastle coach will play the role of both Joelinton and Joe Willock and ask two of them to exchange on the left. This has succeeded well in the previous seasons, but it was not seen due to a series of injuries for both players.

Both know each other well and they agree well. It will also give Newcastle an additional man in the midfield when defending and giving Livraento Cover, against Salah.

But the other thing to consider is the injury of Trent Alexander Arnold. Without his attack on the right, Hao may choose to put Barnes more attack against a return outside the site in the form of Wattaro Endo or Jarrel Qawana?

Whatever the decision, Hao still has options. But last week, Gordon, Hall and Botamman – all of the three left – were expensive.

What does this city’s final mean compared to two years ago?

Well, the cup is more dry for another two years, so of course it comes more pressure. But in a number of roads, the expectation is less than the final against Manchester United in 2023. This is mainly due to the fact that Newcastle faces the best team in the country this time, while Manchester United was not at the best place at that time.

I think Newcastle is the vulnerable to suit them this time. Fans travel more hoping than expecting, and although the final defeat of another cup, it will be difficult to take because of the fact that it extends to the drought in the cup, there is that Newcastle faces the harshest test for everyone if they want to put their hands on the silver tools.

But they were not easy to reach Wembley this time, eliminating Chelsea, Nottingham Forest, Princeford and Arsenal on the way. So why is no one more?

The additional sub-referee is the Champions League in Liverpool at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in the middle of the week, and it is irony that Newcastle themselves were shocked 4-1 in the same competition last season.

Will the feelings of Tuesday night at Anfield activating Liverpool, or vice versa? It will be interesting. If Liverpool appears at its best, they will win, but if they are affected by what happened in the middle of the week in Newcastle, the players who can benefit from their names in the folklore club.

After that, everyone in the city will be on Vodkas, not just the manager …