It ruined the Reds hopes of a double, though Arne Slot's side do have the comfort of knowing that their second Premier League title is within touching distance.
From Eddie Howe and Newcastle's point of view, the monkey is now off their collective backs, and there's every reason to believe that the squad can go on to further glories from this point.
Not since the days of Vic Keeble, Bob Stokoe and 'Wor' Jackie Milburn had the Geordies held silverware aloft at Wembley Stadium. On that day, May 7th, 1955, it was the FA Cup, and Sunday, March 16th, 2025, will now live as long in the memories of the Toon Army.
Malcolm McDonald, Kevin Keegan, Andy Cole, Alan Shearer... all brilliant strikers that couldn't help to break the cup hoodoo that hung over the club like a black cloud.
On Sunday it was front man, Alexander Isak, that provided the coup de grace, but how apt that it was local boy, Dan Burn, who set the club on their way to their best day in seven decades, earning the man of the match accolade in the process.
A towering header that Shearer would've been proud of, and which saw the Premier League's record goalscorer celebrating like he'd won the lottery, took the roof off the famous old ground as thousands of Newcastle fans went crazy.
They hadn't even seen their side score a goal at Wembley since the FA Cup semi-final of 2000 against Chelsea and, prior to that goal, fans would have to go back to the League Cup final of 1976 for another goal; Alan Gowling's strike that was ultimately in vain against Manchester City.
Eddie Howe suggested in his post-match interview that Burn was a colossus, and the numbers bear that out. His 11 clearances were the most of any player from both sides by way of example.
Seven duels won out of nine in total was the best return too, even though others from either team were involved in more duels across the 90+ minutes. Bruno Guimaraes topped that particular metric with 14 total duels but neither he nor anyone else were as successful as Burn.
Aerially he was head and shoulders above the competition too. Seven aerial duels was the most on the pitch, Burn winning six of them. Only Virgil van Dijk came close with six headed duels but won just two of them by way of comparison.
It was arguably Burn's defensive acumen which formed the foundation that allowed Newcastle to build a match-winning performance and topped off a week in which the 32-year-old from Blyth received his first England call-up.
If he were to get a debut cap in either of the first two England internationals under Thomas Tuchel, it really would be the defender's own 'pinch me' moment.
During the final, the incredible work rate and example of his captain, Bruno Guimaraes, to keep his side moving forward and limiting Liverpool to feeding off scraps, also deserves a mention too.
On nine separate occasions Bruno won back possession in the game - his joint best return in this season's run - ensuring that the Reds would be frustrated by their inability to create any chances of note until Federico Chiesa scored late on to potentially set up a grandstand finish.
Two dribbles was more than any of his colleagues in black and white, and 11 passes in the final third was only bettered by Fabian Schar.
Five tackles made against Liverpool was exactly half of the 10 in total that Bruno attempted in Newcastle's entire Carabao Cup run, and the captain was successful in four of them, giving him a healthy 80% success in that regard. Both of his two shots were on target too.
As if to evidence how well the Brazilian marshalled his troops, the normally effervescent and dangerous Mo Salah was limited to just one touch in the box on another nightmare Wembley trip for the Egyptian King.
It wasn't only Salah that couldn't impose his natural game on a team who Liverpool had not lost to in their last 17 meetings in all competitions.
Isak fared much better in striking terms on the day, his goal being the fourth the Swedish international has scored against this opponent in six matches played, evidencing how much of a thorn he's becoming in the side of the Merseyside giants.
In truth, the Reds were second best in almost every aspect at Wembley, and their seven shots in the game were their lowest total in a single match in their 2024/2025 Carabao Cup campaign.
They huffed and puffed but, perhaps, the midweek Champions League tie against Paris Saint-Germain had taken a lot more out of them than they realised.
Whatever Slot tried to implement over the course of the game for once failed to come off, and it extended the Dutchman's poor record in finals; to date he has just one win from four to his name.
Whether this is the start of something special for Newcastle remains to be seen but at least their seven decades of hurt can be put to bed for now.
