Newcastle painted London black and white from Covent Garden on Saturday night to the packed-like-sardines tubes bound for Wembley Park on Sunday afternoon – and it felt like there were 10 Geordies for every one Liverpool fan in the capital.
On the pitch, the story was similar.
The Arne Slot machine malfunctioned at the worst time possible, following up their European exit with a Carabao Cup final defeat. Though the Dutch boss disagreed, Newcastle looked more hungry, more intense and more energetic than his languid Liverpool side.
It has been a struggle to find anything negative to say about this team all season but boy did they pick the worst time to throw in their worst performance of the campaign.