Exclusive: “Absolute Best” – Jamie Carragher Previews ‘Massive’ Liverpool Cup Final Clash | OneFootball

By Mark Strickland

Liverpool will be looking to bounce back from Champions League elimination when they face Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday.

PSG won 4-1 on penalties after Ousmane Dembele had scored the only goal before the shootout to cancel out the Reds’ hard-earned 1-0 first-leg lead.

Speaking on The Redmen TV Deep Dive special – recorded before Liverpool vs PSG – Jamie Carragher thought the Reds would be a tough opponent for Newcastle.

He said: “It will be a massive game. They know that, if they’re going to beat Liverpool, they’ll have to be at their absolute best.”

It is 70 years since Newcastle last won a major domestic trophy and they lost the Carabao Cup final 2-0 to Manchester two years ago.

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Nick Pope was dismissed for handball in their 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool which meant Loris Karius started – some redemption arc, that could have been.

And this time, they are without star player Anthony Gordon after he saw red in their 2-1 FA Cup fifth-round defeat at home to Fulham.

Carragher said: “I think Anthony Gordon being out is a bigger problem for Newcastle in that I still back van Dijk to look after Isak.

“I think Trent Alexander-Arnold against Anthony Gordon could have gone either way. That helps us more. He has given Trent a couple of difficult moments.”

On August 27, 2023, Alexander-Arnold allowed a pass from team-mate Mohamed Salah to run under his left foot and Gordon ran through, side-footing past Alisson.

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Liverpool won the Carabao Cup against Chelsea on February 25, last year thanks to a header from Virgil van Dijk and Carragher likes the competition.

He added: “I love the Carabao Cup. I think it’s a better competition than the FA Cup. It’s midweek. They’re night games. Everything’s finished on the night.

“The competition is a standalone cup final in early March. The FA Cup is fighting with the Premier League and the Champions League final is only around the corner.”

Carragher’s prediction: 3-1 Liverpool

My prediction: 2-0 Liverpool