Liverpool return to Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm) for their Carabao Cup Final showdown vs Alan Shearer's beloved Newcastle United.
Alan Shearer is tipping Newcastle United.
Alan Shearer is tipping Newcastle United. (Image: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.)
Ex-Newcastle United striker, Alan Shearer, has backed his beloved club to overcome Liverpool in this afternoon's Carabao Cup final at Wembley Stadium. The Reds are looking to retain the trophy they won a year ago - but have silverware-hungry Newcastle standing in their way.
The Magpies are looking to win their first major domestic trophy since 1955. They made it to the showpiece after overcoming Arsenal in the semi-finals, while Liverpool beat Tottenham over two legs.
The two sides meet at Wembley Stadium on Sunday afternoon (4.30pm). Shearer - who will attend the game as a fan - is backing his former side to be just the third team to beat Liverpool domestically this season and finally take a trophy back to the north east.
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"I'm predicting Newcastle to win 2-1 in normal time," he told Betfair. How will I celebrate if Newcastle win?
"I'm due on a flight Monday morning, but I'm not sure I'll make it if Newcastle do win. I might have to cancel it until Tuesday morning!
"I've got several options for what to do and where to go if we win. If we don't win, then there's only one option, I'm going home!
"If we win, I'll be happy and emotional, because I've always said that I need and want to see this football club win a trophy in my lifetime. I'm 54-years-of-age - nearly 55 - and I haven't seen us win a trophy.
"I was born in 1970, they won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup the year before I was born... So I need to see this club win a trophy at some stage!
"I've seen the reaction when we haven't won a final and it was amazing, the fans lined the streets after we lost the 1998 FA Cup final. You can only imagine what it will be like if this club wins something.
"This club deserves a trophy. The fans, if there's any set of supporters in the country who have followed their team all over the world through thick and thin then it's the Geordies. If it's not going to be Liverpool, the vast majority of neutral fans would like Newcastle to win, for that reason."
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