Analysis from Moneyfactscompare.co.uk reveals that more than 200 deals catering to borrowers with a 5 per cent deposit have vanished from the market since 6 March. This marks the most significant daily reduction in available options since the “mini-budget” period.
This trend is directly linked to a surge in swap rates, which are a key factor in how mortgage providers price their loans.
Geopolitical tensions, specifically the conflict in the Middle East, are cited as a catalyst for changing expectations regarding inflation and the future trajectory of the Bank of England‘s base rate.
Previous predictions of rate cuts have now been reversed, with some analysts even forecasting potential increases later this year.
Moneyfacts said there were 5,856 residential mortgage products available on Tuesday morning, down from 6,144 on Monday (PA)
Rachel Springall, a finance expert at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk, highlighted the grim reality for those with limited savings.
She stated that such borrowers “will feel disheartened to find the average rate on a two-year deal at 95 per cent loan-to-value has risen to 6.10 per cent, with the five-year equivalent not too far off the 6 per cent mark at 5.93 per cent.”
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She added: “This will be a shock to first-time buyers especially, as many will not be able to build a deposit bigger than 5 per cent due to the cost of living.”
Ms Springall said 204 deals have disappeared at the overall 95 per cent loan-to-value tier since 6 March.
She said: “Saturday saw the biggest daily fall of 52 options since the mini-budget, and 30 more options have gone as of this morning, with nine lost yesterday. On 28 September 2022, 52 options vanished in one day.”
Ms Springall said rising rates will be “harsh” on borrowers, adding: “The hikes to rates will add around £1,200 per year in the cost of borrowing £250,000 over 25 years,” if a typical two-year fixed rate deal was taken out now with a 5 per cent deposit, compared with the start of March when the average two-year fixed-rate 5 per cent deposit rate was 5.45 per cent.
She added: “It is hoped that the mortgage deals which have been pulled will slowly return, but this will rely on a return in stability to the markets and reaffirmed confidence in the path or interest rate setting.”
Line graph showing UK interest rates to February 2026 (PA Graphics)
Moneyfactscompare.co.uk said the availability of homeowner mortgages has shrunk by around a fifth (21 per cent) since 6 March.
Ms Springall added: “It will be essential for borrowers to seek independent advice to keep on top of the mortgage mayhem.”
Across the market generally, some average fixed mortgage rates have now topped the 5.5 per cent mark, while the number of residential products to choose from has dipped below 6,000.
Across all deposit sizes, the average two-year fixed homeowner mortgage rate on the market on Tuesday morning was 5.51 per cent, Moneyfacts said, up from 5.43 per cent on Monday.
The average five-year fixed homeowner mortgage rate on the market on Tuesday morning was 5.52 per cent, up from 5.45 per cent on Monday.
Moneyfacts said there were 5,856 residential mortgage products available. This is down from 6,144 on Monday.
Chappell Roan is currently engulfed in an escalating “breakfast drama”. It all began on the weekend when the US pop star was having breakfast in a hotel in Brazil, and Jude Law’s 11-year-old daughter Ada spotted the celebrity. The young girl walked over to Chappell’s breakfast table to see if it was really her – and moments later, Chappell sent her security detail over to berate the child and her mum, Law’s ex, Caroline Harding, for “harassing” her.
Ada, Caroline and her husband, the former Chelsea and Arsenal player footballer Jorginho, were staying at the same hotel as Chappell, to attend her headline performance at the Lollapalooza Brazil music festival in Sao Paulo when Ada spotted Chappell walk past their table. According to her step-dad Jorginho, who shared a lengthy Instagram statement at the weekend that has since gone viral, Ada did absolutely nothing wrong.
“My daughter, like any child, recognised her, got excited, and just wanted to make sure it was really her,” he explained.
“And the worst part is she didn’t even approach her. She simply walked past the singer’s table, looked to confirm it was her, smiled, and went back to sit with her mum. She didn’t say anything, didn’t ask for anything.”
Catherine Harding, her daughter, Ada, and Jorginho (Catcavelli/Instagram)
What happened next was – he claims – “completely disproportionate”. “A large security guard came over to their table while they were still having breakfast and began speaking in an extremely aggressive manner to both my wife and my daughter, saying that she shouldn’t allow my daughter to ‘disrespect’ or ‘harass’ other people.”
Jorginho went on to say that it left Ada in tears. He concluded his Instagram rant, which wins second place only to Brooklyn Beckham’s one about his performative family, with a lecture on the “importance of fans” in caps: “WITHOUT YOUR FANS, YOU WOULD BE NOTHING. AND TO THE FANS, SHE DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR AFFECTION.”
In a now deleted Instagram post, Chappell said: “I just woke up. I deserve my space, especially in moments like breakfast. I don’t play about my breakfast.”
And the truth is she’s quite right – and should stick to her guns.
Yet after the backlash she’s received, Chappell has since apologised in a video on her Instagram Stories insisting she did not ask a security guard to approach the child. She also said “I am sorry to the mother and child” as she didn’t see them do anything, adding: “I do not hate children”.
Okay, what Ada allegedly did is hardly stalking, and no cameras or phones were involved – which is impressively restrained for a young fan. But of course, celebrities like Chappell deserve space from fans especially at breakfast – and it’s good parenting to let kids know they can’t just do everything they want all the time.
There is nothing is wrong with Chappell not wanting a young child starring at her close up like she’s a Madame Tussauds wax work at breakfast. If my children, Lola, ten and Liberty, seven, saw Taylor Swift on the next table, I’d have to wrestle them to the floor to enforce respectful boundaries. But I would do whatever it took to allow a celebrity to eat their breakfast in peace.
Chappell Roan was due to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil music festival on Saturday when the incident occurred (Getty)
The “Pink Pony Club” and “Hot To Go!” singer was possibly eating waffles with peanut butter (reportedly one of her comfort foods) and for a moment wanted to just be Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, the 26-year-old from a small town in Willard, Missouri, rather than her stage persona Chappell Roan.
The onslaught of criticism for Chappell with parents out to destroy her is now what is completely disproportionate
Ada’s mother Caroline rubbed it in. She posted an excited video of Ada after seeing Sabrina Carpenter in concert at the festival the day before – and captioned the post: “Our daughter decided she didn’t want to go to the show [Chappell’s} tonight after how we were treated… so instead we had a girls day shopping and then out to dinner.” She added: ‘Thank you everyone for the kind messages, all is well!” as if they had been through hell and back.
She posted another photo of her and her daughter, smiling next to the singer Lewis Capaldi who had also been performing at Lollapalooza Brazil, with Lewis giving a thumbs up to the camera, writing: “Thanks for your kindness.”
Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, has since banned Chappell from performing in the town ever again. And to make matters worse, Caroline has not accepted Chappell’s denials, proclaiming that she hopes the singer “learns a lesson”. Wow.
If my two children saw Taylor Swift at breakfast, I’d have to wrestle them to the floor to enforce respectful boundaries – but I’d do whatever it takes to allow a celebrity time to eat breakfast
“[My daughter] didn’t have her phone, she didn’t try to take a picture, she didn’t do anything, she just looked at [Chappell] and smiled.” Caroline also says that she explained to the security guard that her daughter, who has a famous father and step-dad, understood acceptable “boundaries” for those in the public eye, but apparently the security guard ignored her.
But please. Can we stop throwing Chappell under the bus and start thinking about how she might have a life beyond YouTube videos. Chappell has been open with her fans about how feels uncomfortable about having her privacy invaded. In August 2024, around the time of her sudden fame, she posted a video to TikTok where she said: “It’s weird how people think that you know a person because you see them online and you listen to the art they make … I’m allowed to say no to creepy behaviour, okay?”
Yes, having fans sell records and makes money – but that doesn’t mean artists have to be made to feel so eternally grateful to fans that they lose all sense of self. Breakfast is also the worse time of the day to be gawped at because you’ve just got up. I’m not surprised her patience was tested to find a fan staring at her while she ate.
It’s not Ada’s fault, of course, but her parents’, who could think twice about their parenting skills. Considering they are in the spotlight themselves, they should know better than anybody else how it feels to have one’s space invaded. Yes it is innocent adoration, but for Chappell, it’s likely just another slice of her privacy that everyone shrugs away as the price of fame.
People who stop taking popular weight-loss and diabetes medications may lose out on any heart health benefits the medications provided.
GLP-1 receptor agonists — such as semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy), and tirzepatide (Mounjaro and Zepbound) — have been shown to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
A new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis explored the effects of quitting — particularly related to cardiovascular health.
“Many people are excited to start GLP-1s, but many stop within a few months,” Ziad Al-Aly, senior clinical epidemiologist at WashU Medicine, told Fox News Digital.
“Some research looked at weight regain after people stop — we wanted to know what happens to heart health when people stop.”
People who stop taking popular weight-loss and diabetes medications may lose out on any heart health benefits the medications provided, a new study says.(iStock)
While GLP-1 drugs lead to weight loss, they also reduce cholesterol, blood pressure, inflammation and insulin resistance, the researcher noted. “When people stop, these start going in the wrong direction.”
In the observational study, researchers followed more than 333,000 U.S. veterans with type 2 diabetes for about three years, comparing those taking GLP-1s to those taking sulfonylureas (oral medications used to treat type 2 diabetes).
“Protection that takes years to accumulate can vanish in a few months of stopping.”
They found that those who used GLP-1s continuously for three years had an 18% reduction in cardiovascular risk, according to the study, which was published in BMJ Medicine.
“We found that stopping erodes the heart protection these drugs provide,” Al-Aly said. “It took three years of continuous use to achieve an 18% reduction in heart attack, stroke and death — but that protection erodes fast.”
Stopping for six months raised the risk by 4%, one year elevated it by 14%, and two years off the medication raised the risk by 22%.
The researchers were most surprised by how quickly the benefits were lost. “We expected some loss of benefit after stopping, but the pace was striking,” Al-Aly said. “Protection that takes years to accumulate can vanish in a few months of stopping.”
Stopping for six months raised the risk by 4%, one year elevated it by 14%, and two years off the medication raised the risk by 22%.(iStock)
When the patients started taking GLP-1s again after quitting, they experienced a partial but not full heart health benefit (a 12% reduced risk compared to 18% if they hadn’t stopped).
“Restarting helped, but it didn’t fully restore the protection of uninterrupted use,” the researcher emphasized. “Discontinuation leaves a lasting scar. That tells us the damage from stopping isn’t fully reversible, and that has real implications for the millions of people cycling on and off these drugs.”
Dr. Bradley Serwer, an interventional cardiologist and chief medical officer at VitalSolution, an Ingenovis Health company that offers cardiovascular and anesthesiology services to hospitals, agreed that the findings were not unexpected.
When the patients started taking GLP-1s again after quitting, they experienced a partial but not full heart health benefit.(iStock)
“When treating patients with chronic diseases, the primary objective is long-term success,” the Maryland-based doctor, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital. “This is achieved through behavioral modification, lifestyle changes, improved heart-healthy diets and medical therapy.”
He added, “When a crucial component of the therapeutic plan, such as medications like GLP-1, is discontinued, the disease process tends to resume at a rapid pace.”
Study limitations
Because the study was observational in design, it could only prove an association, not causation, the researchers acknowledged.
Al-Aly noted, however, that they used “target trial emulation, which applies the logic and rigor of a randomized experiment to real-world data,” and they adjusted for clinical conditions as they changed over time.
Also, because the study was done with mainly older male veterans, the findings may not apply to more general populations.
“The patients in this study were at a higher risk of developing coronary artery disease,” Serwer pointed out. “Many individuals taking GLP-1 medications do so for weight loss, and may not necessarily have significant cardiovascular risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension or hyperlipidemia.”
Other factors, such as medication adherence and reasons for stopping, could have impacted the results, the researchers noted.
‘Metabolic whiplash’
Based on the findings, the researchers say GLP-1 drugs should be considered as long-term treatments.
“When people stop GLP-1 drugs, it’s not just weight that comes back,” Al-Aly said. “They experience a resurgence in inflammation, blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin resistance.”
Unlike weight regain, the metabolic reversal is “silent and invisible,” he cautioned.
“It doesn’t announce itself until it surfaces in the ER as a heart attack or a stroke. We think of this as a form of ‘metabolic whiplash,’ and our data suggest it is detrimental to heart health.”
“It is essential to engage in a comprehensive discussion with your medical providers to carefully evaluate the potential benefits and risks,” a doctor advised.(iStock)
Serwer added that while GLP-1s are designed to enhance metabolic health, they should be combined with healthy behaviors to help ensure long-term benefits.
“It is crucial to adopt a holistic approach that emphasizes lifestyle modifications, diet and exercise,” he said.
“All medications have their advantages and disadvantages. It is essential to engage in a comprehensive discussion with your medical providers to carefully evaluate the potential benefits and risks.”
Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected].
Unrest in the financial markets could provide a silver lining for pension savers, with the potential for annuity rates to rise in the weeks ahead, according to a financial information website.
Annuities allow people to convert pension savings into a guaranteed fixed income when they retire, giving people certainty over the amount of money they will have to live on.
Moneyfactscompare.co.uk said that rising gilt yields could push annuity rates up.
Rachel Springall, a finance expert at Moneyfactscompare.co.uk, said: “Pensioners looking to secure an annuity for a regular income could see a boost to the rates on offer in the weeks ahead.”
She added: “Rising gilt yields have been known to cause annuity rates to soar.
“If this comes to fruition, it could mean retirees become hundreds of pounds better off.
“During 2022, annuity rates shot up amid interest rate volatility and stock market uncertainty.”
People’s individual circumstances will vary, and Ms Springall said: “Seeking advice before making any rushed decisions is wise, no one knows how long the unrest will last.
“Circumstances can change, such as a deterioration of health or a change in someone’s risk preferences, so an annuity may be a suitable option to provide a guaranteed income during retirement.
“Those who may want a bit of flexibility could also choose part annuity and drawdown.”
There have been some recent signs of people using bigger pension pots to buy annuities.
In February, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said that the total value of premiums paid into individual pension annuities grew by 4% annually to reach £7.4 billion in 2025 – the highest annual level since the pension freedoms, which gave people more flexibility over their pension pots, were announced in 2014.
Sales of annuities over £250,000 rose by 31% annually, and sales of annuities valued at more than £500,000 rose by 54%, the ABI said.
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People with health issues which could mean a lower life expectancy may be able to get an enhanced annuity, which pays out a higher rate.
The ABI said previously that it has seen a growth in escalating annuities – products that increase payments each year – suggesting more customers are looking for protection against the erosion of income over time, including through inflation-linked options.
In the countryside of Hidrolândia, life moves differently. Francisco Matías, known locally as Seu Chiquinho, is 80 years old and has chosen a path most people would consider unusual today. He lives in a clay house built by his father in 1920, a structure that has quietly endured for 105 years. The house is simple with thick clay walls, rustic wooden beams, and a calm that seems to wrap around the space. While Brazil rushes forward with cities growing, technology spreading, and modern conveniences everywhere, Seu Chiquinho seems to exist in another rhythm, one that values quiet, community, and the slow pace of rural life.
Inside Francisco Matías’ clay house in Hidrolândia which has stood for 105 years
The clay house itself is remarkable. It stands without the modern reinforcements most people would expect. Locals often stop by, curious about how such a structure could last so long. Experts say these kinds of traditional buildings can survive if maintained carefully, and it appears that Francisco has done exactly that. The house still feels cool even in the hot months, a feature his father probably intended when building it. Every wall, every wooden shutter carries a memory. Francisco didn’t grow up in isolation. He spent parts of his life in Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by traffic, crowds, and the constant buzz of city life. Eventually, he returned to Hidrolândia, to the house he grew up in, to the land he knows like the back of his hand. A deliberate stepping away from what most people consider progress. The house has witnessed generations. Now, it carries his life story as well.
Francisco Matías’ daily routine in Hidrolândia
Daily life here is quiet, simple, and repetitive in the most comforting way. Francisco draws water from a nearby well each week, storing it in clay pots. Cooking is done on a wood-burning stove, which, he says, takes longer but tastes better. Experts might note that this lifestyle is physically demanding, yet it’s also reportedly more connected to nature and mental well-being. Francisco seems to embody that balance without thinking about it.Even though he lives alone, Seu Chiquinho is far from lonely. Locals often stop by, sometimes just for a brief chat. “There’s always someone who comes by,” he says. These visits are casual, unscheduled. They happen naturally, a practice that reinforces community and keeps the house alive with laughter, conversation, and simple companionship. In a world where connections are often digital, this form of human contact feels surprisingly rich.
Francisco Matías and his Hidrolândia clay house: Preserving history in a modern world
The house is more than a home; it’s a testament to history. Francisco hopes to restore it, but carefully, without losing its original charm. He seems aware that too much change could erase what makes the house special. In a rapidly modernising country like Brazil, that’s no small feat. People move on, homes are replaced, and traditions fade. But for now, the house endures.
Little over a week on from the first meningitis cases in Canterbury, many crucial questions remain.
So this week we’re taking an in-depth look at those questions and what we’ve learnt from this outbreak – and could it happen again?
James also hears from author Michael Rosen whose son Eddie died from meningitis aged 18 about just how quickly the disease struck and how he deals with his grief.
And would you trust health advice from an AI chatbot?
We hear from someone who regularly turns to ChatGPT and from GP Dr Margaret McCartney about her concerns.
Presenter: James Gallagher
Producer: Gerry Holt
Content editor: Ilan Goodman
Production coordinator: Stuart Laws
Studio engineer: Donald MacDonald
Inside Health was made by the BBC’s Audio Science Unit in collaboration with The Open University.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish voters went to the polls Tuesday in a general election, with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen seeking a third term at the helm of the Scandinavian country after a standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over the future of the kingdom’s semiautonomous territory of Greenland.
More than 4.3 million people are eligible to have their say in the vote for the new Folketing, or parliament, in Copenhagen, which is elected for a four-year term.
Frederiksen called the election in February, several months before she had to in apparent hopes that her resolute image in the crisis over Greenland would help her with voters in the European Union and NATO member country.
In her second term, her support had waned as the cost of living rose — something that, along with pensions and a potential wealth tax, has been a prominent campaign issue.
The 48-year-old center-left Social Democrat is known for strong support of Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion and for a restrictive approach to migration — continuing a tradition in Danish politics that now goes back two decades.
Seeking to counter pressure from the right and pointing to a possible surge in migration because of the Iran war, Frederiksen announced proposals this month that include a potential “emergency brake” on asylum and tighter controls on criminals who lack legal residence. Her government had already unveiled a plan to allow the deportation of foreigners who have been sentenced to at least one year in prison for serious crimes.
Two center-right challengers hope to oust Frederiksen as prime minister. One is in her current government — Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen of the Liberal, or Venstre, party, which headed several recent administrations.
The other is Alex Vanopslagh, 34, of the opposition Liberal Alliance, which calls for lower taxes and less bureaucracy, and for Denmark to abandon its refusal to use nuclear power. But a recent admission from Vanopslagh to taking cocaine earlier in his time as party leader may have dented his chances.
Further to the right, the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party looks well-placed to bounce back from a very weak showing at the last election in 2022.
No single party is expected to come anywhere near winning a majority. Denmark’s system of proportional representation typically produces coalition governments, traditionally made up of several parties from either the “red bloc” on the left or the “blue bloc” on the right, after weeks of negotiations.
Frederiksen’s outgoing three-party administration was the first in decades to straddle the political divide. It remains to be seen whether this election will result in a repeat, with the centrist Moderate party of Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen possibly acting as the kingmaker.
Greenland, which took up much of the government’s energy in recent months, hasn’t been a significant issue in the campaign because there is broad agreement on its place in the kingdom.
Frederiksen warned in January that an American takeover of Greenland would amount to the end of NATO. But the crisis has simmered down, at least for now.
After Trump backed down on threats to impose tariffs on Denmark and other European countries that opposed the U.S. taking control of the vast Arctic island, the U.S., Denmark and Greenland started technical talks on an Arctic security deal.
Denmark’s single-chamber parliament has 179 seats. Of those, 175 go to lawmakers from Denmark itself and two each for representatives from thinly populated Greenland and the kingdom’s other semiautonomous territory, the Faroe Islands.
GENEVA — Scientists in Geneva are taking some antiprotons out for a spin — a very delicate one — in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive.
If this so-called antimatter comes into contact with actual matter — even for a fraction of an instant — it will be annihilated in a quick flash of energy. So experts at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, will, over the course of four hours Tuesday, gingerly wheel out from its lab about 100 antiprotons. They are suspended in a vacuum inside a specially designed box and held in place by supercooled magnets.
Then, they’ll ease it into a truck, and take about a half-hour drive to test how — if at all — the infinitesimal particles can be transported by road without seeping out. If all goes well, the antiprotons will be returned back to the lab.
The hard part: Manipulating antimatter, like antiprotons, can be tricky business. As scientists understand the universe today, for every type particle that exists, there is a corresponding antiparticle, exactly matching the particle but with an opposite charge.
If those opposites come into contact, they “annihilate” each other, setting off lots of energy, depending on the masses involved. Any bumps in the road on the test journey that aren’t compensated for by the specially-designed box could spoil the whole exercise.
Tuesday’s practice is a first step toward making good on hopes, one day, to deliver CERN antiprotons to researchers at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, which is about eight hours away in normal driving conditions.
The antiprotons have been encased in a 1,000-kilogram (2,200 pounds) box called a “transportable antiproton trap.” It’s compact enough to fit through ordinary laboratory doors and fit on a truck. It uses superconducting magnets cooled to -269 degrees Celsius (-452 Fahrenheit) that allows the antiprotons to be remain suspended in a vacuum — not touching the inner walls, which are made of … matter.
The mass in Tuesday’s test — slightly less than that of about 100 hydrogen atoms — is so little, experts say, that the worst possible outcome is the loss of the antiprotons. Even if they do touch matter, any release of energy would be unnoticeable, only an oscilloscope, which picks up electrical signals, would be able to detect it.
The trap, says CERN spokeswoman Sophie Tesauri, “is supposed to contain these antiprotons no matter what: if the truck stops, if it starts again, if it has to slam on the brakes — all that.” Work remains: The trap can contain the antiprotons on its own for only about four hours, and the drive to Düsseldorf is twice that.
The Geneva-based center is best known for its Large Hadron Collider, a network of magnets that accelerates particles through a 27-kilometer (17-mile) underground tunnel and slams them together at velocities approaching the speed of light. Scientists then study the results of those collisions.
But the sprawling, buzzing complex of scientific experiment is more than just about smashing atoms together: the World Wide Web, for example, was invented here by Britain’s Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
Heinrich Heine University is seen as a better place to study antiprotons in-depth, because CERN — with all its other activities — generates a lot of magnetic interference that can skew the study of antimatter.
But to get them there, those antiprotons will have to avoid touching anything on the way.
The center’s Antiproton Decelerator, where a proton beam gets fired into a block of metal, causes collisions that generate secondary particles, including lots of antiprotons. It’s billed as a unique machine that produces low-energy antiprotons for the study of antimatter.
CERN’s “Antimatter Factory,” lab officials say, is the only place in the world where scientists can store and study antiprotons.
The center has been experimenting with antimatter for years, and has made breakthroughs on measurement, storage and interaction of antimatter. Two years ago, the team transported a “cloud” of about 70 protons — not antiprotons — across CERN’s campus.
It’s a similar drill this time, except that with antiprotons, a much better vacuum chamber is needed, according to Christian Smorra, head of a team behind the apparatus designed to store and transport antimatter.
Jittery test teams weren’t available for interviews before the exercise, but were expected to explain the results afterward on Tuesday.
Premier League leaders Arsenal head into the international break in a strong position as they sit nine points clear of second-place Manchester City, albeit having played a game more than Pep Guardiola’s side.
But with their next league game not until 11 April when they host Bournemouth, it’s a long time to stew on their League Cup final loss to City.
They are not completely without fixtures until then as they play Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals on 4 April and then Sporting in the Champions League last eight on 7 April – but even almost two weeks is a long time to dwell.
“They were unbeaten in 14 so it’s about how they react to this loss,” former Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul said on BBC Radio 5 live.
“The nerves are clearly there because they’ve been that close [to winning the Premier League] in the past few years.
“If they just keep their cool in the next few weeks – how the club reacts is going to be so important.
“They’ve still got City away in April and that game is going to be huge for the title.”
For Manchester City‘s players, it probably presents a different problem in that they will be itching to keep their momentum going.
“It is a blow for them and we need to build on it and get some momentum from this win now,” said Nico O’Reilly, who scored both of City’s goals in the League Cup final.
“As soon as the international break is over, we need to kick on and fight hard.
“Who knows [whether it will dent Arsenal‘s momentum], I don’t know how they are feeling. Obviously they will be upset they haven’t won a trophy.”
