Newcastle United will not play in any European football competitions next season despite finishing the Premier League in seventh after Manchester United's shock FA Cup final win over Manchester City. Although Eddie Howe's side had a strong finish to the season with a 5-1 win over Sheffield United, a 4-1 win over Burnley and a 4-2 win over Brentford, a 3-2 loss to Erik ten Hag's side in the penultimate game of their league campaign has meant they were unable to secure sixth and therefore European qualification. The Red Devils, who finished eighth, had to win the final in order to get themselves into the Europa League for next season but it would be at the expense of the Magpies, with Chelsea dropping into Newcastle's spot in the Europa Conference League.
Man City entered the final at Wembley as huge favourites but it was Man United who got in front first. READ MORE: I've never liked Man City but I'll be cheering them on against Manchester United today READ MORE: Four consequences of Newcastle United's Euro agony and the silver lining for Eddie Howe A mistake by Josko Gvardiol saw his attempted header back towards goalkeeper Stefan Ortega but a miscommunication meant the ball flew over the shot-stopper's head, allowing Alejandro Garnacho to slip in behind and put the ball into an empty net to give them the lead. The Argentinian was once again involved in their second goal, as he took down a long pass from Marcus Rashford before passing it off to Bruno Fernandes who managed to f.