Newcastle fans pile on pain for Mikel Arteta with brutal chant during Carabao Cup defeat

Newcastle fans taunted Mikel Arteta as they ended Arsenal's hopes of lifting the Carabao Cup this season. Newcastle beat Arsenal 4-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals, with Eddie Howe's side winning both legs 2-0. After their defeat in the first leg, Arteta suggested that the different ball used in the Carabao Cup had played a part. "We also kicked a lot of balls over the bar, and it's tricky that these balls fly a lot so there's details that we can do better," Arteta said. "It's very different to a Premier League ball, and you have to adapt to that because it flies different, when you touch it the grip is very different as well so you adapt to that.".

And Newcastle fans poked fun at his comments during the second leg, chanting: "Mikel Arteta, it must be the ball". Newcastle are now set to face either Liverpool or Tottenham in the final in March and Howe was delighted with his side's performance. "It was a great night for us. It was a tough game but tactically we were good," he told Sky Sports. "The intention was to be aggressive and sometimes when you do that it doesn't always work. Today it did.

"I thought it helped to solidify our plan. We had to retreat at times but we were always in the game. The work [on the game plan] started on Monday, which is quick. The Champions League last year helped us to work on those two-day turnarounds. "We do tweak things depending on the opposition. We felt we needed more height in the team, we wanted solidity at the back and we had to change in order to win the game. The players followed the instruction to the letter, they deserve the credit.

"Fabian [Schar] had big distances to cover in his job, tracking Declan Rice whether he dropped low or went wide or went central. At times he went right across the pitch. He is a good athlete and is very capable of doing it. "It is huge [to get back to Wembley]. The first appearance there was a bit unexpected, but the club we want to be we have to be there regularly, so it's not a surprise. We are there on merit, our run has not been easy this year, we've faced four Premier League teams, so we have done the hard yards. Hopefully we can learn from the last experience and improve our performance.".

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