Let’s face it: in football, it’s often the case that major cup finals do not make for the best games of the season. For every 2022 World Cup final between France and Argentina, there will be a dozen examples of tight and tense contests;

There were few redeeming features in Liverpool’s 2-1 Carabao Cup final loss to Newcastle, with Mohamed Salah hugely disappointing among others. The Reds were outplayed and defeated at Wembley on Sunday, falling behind to a Dan Burn header before the break.