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As a sidenote, thought Slot was very gracious in defeat, kudos to him for being above all the petty stuff which was a trademark of Klopp.

On reflection, the only tiny downside for me about this win was that it ended up only being 2-1. Isak was a whisker away from converting Barnes cross which would have made it 3-0, and that would have been such a fitting scoreline for so many reasons. But 'tis a minor quibble tbh.

I think it should have stood, but I'm also glad it didn't because then we might not have scored his second which was a lovely finish which no one could argue with. It all worked out great in the end.

Yep, think this cup win will raise the levels of players like Murphy to really believe they are winners.

Two different managers for two different eras. No one lifted the club like Keegan did, the man walked on water, and put us on the global map. Emotianally no one will ever surpass him in Geordie hearts, and I think that Love it we beat You video says everything. But Howe has that tactical cold side of him that you need to win trophies, and difficult to argue with silverware. He's the complete manager.

One final point before I sign off on a momentous day....teams will now fear us. We bossed the best team in England for 90 mins. Liverpool have been terrorising the PL but we brushed them aside, and now you can be sure teams will not be looking forward to playing us.

We're in Europe next season, he'll get plenty of games.

Liverpool were their main competitors before today, but they were shown who were the real deal for sure.

To think this will be only the first trophy of many he'll win here.

Love it.

I wonder if Bruno is his role model?

To think this man had to endure so many years of shite but it was all worth it in the end, he'll go down in history as the most handsome bastard to ever win a trophy.

Was waiting to see footage of that.

Not a bad cross running onto his left foot....

Never had much doubt he would turn up today, was a bit doubtful about a couple of them, but knew Bruno would show. No one deserves the legend status more.

Howe got it right again. Pope was magnificent.

Think winning silverware is going to add at least 10% to all their performances from here on in. As long as they stay motivated, they will now have the confidence to win any match on the run in for the CL places. Why would they fear anybody after making Liverpool and Arsenal look second best?

Fair play, he's had a great season, and now he's a bona fide winner. I think more than anyone this will really give him the confidence to know he can perform at this level every week.

One of the few players I had no doubts about today. He didn't let me down.

If it's true his house got robbed last night, then that makes this performance even more gargantuan. Hope if they ever catch the guys who did that while he was headed for Wembley are extradited to Saudi for punishment.

He's been missing his timing on those headers since he signed, what a time to finally plant one

Think he's just a really good defender tbh, when he gets stick it's usually for what he does going forward. I was never really worried that he wouldn't be able to cope with Salah, although obviously Salah is capable of pulling out a worldie at any time.

He really has made van Dyke his bitch like.

Vindicated.