Newcastle look like a team that has forgotten how to score and therefore to win. Manchester United are currently the opposite. They don't know how to lose. On the back of these two things, this engaging cup final was decided.
This was not a clear cut game of football. It was an open contest and this is what gave it some charm. Newcastle were brave enough to take the game to United in a manner not all teams do. Their football was open and expansive and occasionally direct.
But United were smarter and more clinical, their success earned by the experience and game intelligence of someone like the 31-year-old Brazilian Casemiro at the heart of their midfield.