Antony Martial celebrated with some of his team-mates from the stands as Manchester United 's absentees revelled in their Carabao Cup success.
The Frenchman has been a big miss this term having looked set to play a pivotal role under Erik ten Hag, but showed no sense of frustration as he instead recorded himself and the likes of Brandon Williams celebrating after full-time as the Red Devils ended their lengthy trophy drought.
Much had been made of United's six years without silverware, but they were able to see off Newcastle at Wembley thanks to goals from Casemiro and Marcus Rashford - who has excelled in attack with Martial missing in recent weeks.
Ten Hag has been able to bring together the United squad since arriving in the summer. The Dutchman has galvanised a group that look bereft of confidence last term with the Red Devils still an outside bet in the Premier League title race as they eye more silverware.
For years the culture on the red half of Manchester was heavily criticised as they went through several managers, spent big on players whose egos proved to be problematic.
Ten Hag previously said on his goals at the start of the season: “It is constructing a winning culture, and it starts in the week at Carrington: by high standards, by good values and work. Work [as a] consequence of that, work on the way of playing and in the end you will achieve success.”
Rio Ferdinand is among those to recognise the huge shift that has taken place at Old Trafford having recently visited his former club. "The vibes at Carrington and Old Trafford have changed dramatically," he said on his FIVE YouTube channel. "It's become more positive, the ambience in the place. The feeling when you walk in, I've had very negative vibes [in the past] when I've walked through the corridors of the training ground.
"I was on my own, walking back out through the training ground, through the corridors, and I stood there and just smiled. I can sense something happening in here now. I don't know what it is or where it's going to but the ambience is very different. There's a confidence in the place.
"And the confidence isn't about the players alone, it's the staff. I can sense something with the staff. They're more upbeat, happy to be in at work every day. And that's all been generated and created by Erik ten Hag and his management team and some people behind the scenes, because there's not one person who can change the whole culture of a football club - it's a collaborative approach."
