Newcastle will feel as if they were punched in the stomach. After a sloppy first half, they had the edge marginally, but Casemiro’s header and Sven Botman’s unlucky own goal have left them facing yet another Wembley loss. When Casemiro is on the field, you don’t always need to be the best; Manchester United wasn’t even close to being the best.
With a little showboating on the right, Antony makes Burn seem silly twice, making him look bad overall. Unimpressed, Joelinton whacks the errant ball at Antony before fouling Casemiro and receiving a warning. Casemiro receives a great flick from Antony, who then curls a pass early down the right wing in Weghorst’s direction. He charges into the box, ignores Rashford’s move, and unleashes a left-footed shot from 25 yards that leaping Karius tips over. A good save, though one he was expecting.
Longstaff yells in agony as he waits for Fred, who has been scheduled, to arrive yet again. There wasn’t much in it, but the Newcastle players want a red card. Longstaff kicked through Fred’s boot because he arrived at a bouncing ball a fraction of a second before Fred.
Newcastle execute a clean right-hand short corner. Trippier eventually floats a cross to Burn, who tips a header wide while being pressed by Shaw. Although Shaw did well to make sure Burn was off balance as he made contact, that was a chance.
Sadly, Lorius Although, in his defence, the goal required a strange deflection, Karius probably ought to have performed better. He mistimed his attempt to paw the ball away, much like a batter trying to snag a slower bouncer.