Match Report
Goals: Salah 49′, Jones 74′, Gakpo 78′, Salah 86′ (P) – Isak 54′, Botman 81′
Liverpool (4-3-3): Alisson; Gomez, van Dijk, Konate, Alexander-Arnold; Jones, Endo (Mac Allister 75′), Szoboszlai (Gravenberch 64′); Diaz (Jota 65′), Nunez (Gakpo 64′), Salah
Unused Substitution: Elliott, McConnell, Kelleher, Quansah, Bradley
Coach: Jurgen Klopp
Newcastle United (4-3-3): Dubravka; Burn (Hall 82′), Botman, Schar, Livramento; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Miley (Almiron 54′); Joelinton (Lascelles 82′), Isak, Gordon
Unused Substitution: Dummett, Ritchie, Krafth, Karius, Gillespie, Murphy
Coach: Eddie Howe
Stadium: Anfield (Liverpool, England)
Match Highlights
19′. 0:0. GOAL, but the flag is up… The VAR will check this.
Jones slides a neat ball in behind for Nunez and Diaz has the ball in the back of the net after Nunez was thwarted by Dubravka.
NO GOAL! The VAR check is over and the on-pitch decision stands.
22′. 0:0. Liverpool have a penalty as Diaz goes to ground under a challenge from Botman, who lunges in desperately as the Colombian faces up to Dubravka. The winger goes down and Anthony Taylor points to the spot! The VAR will check this decision.
The VAR check is over and the penalty stands!
SAVED! Salah goes for power… but it’s thwarted by Dubravka.
28′. Guimaraes goes into the book for a sliding challenge on Endo.
37′. 0:0. The ball is in the net, Gordon to cross from the right, and Burn heads in at the back post… but a quick VAR check finds Isak offside in the build-up.
45′. Diaz sees yellow for protesting a decision against him.
45+2′. Miley is the latest to see yellow after a tackle on Salah.
45+5′. Alexander-Arnold now booked for kicking the ball away.
49′. 1:0. GOAL! The Colombian winger picks out Nunez with a lovely pass across the box, and the Uruguayan sends it back across goal for Salah to tap home from close range. Get in!
54′. 1:1. Gordon sliding a pass through for Isak, who finishes neatly beyond Alisson with the outside of his boot into the bottom right corner.
66′. Endo is shown the yellow card for a foul.
66′. Joelinton the latest to go into the book following a trip on Konate.
74′. 2:1. GOAL! Salah and Jota raid down the right and exchange passes, with the latter rolling the ball across for Jones to tap in into an empty net.
78′. 3:1. GOAL! It’s world-class from Salah as he controls a pass on his chest on the touchline and sent in a delicious outside-of-the-boot ball from the right that was finished off by Gakpo. The No.18 slightly mishits it, but it still beats Dubravka.
81′. 3:2. Botman rose highest to head in Longstaff’s corner.
84′. Dubravka is booked for the foul.
86′. 4:2. GOAL! Mo Salah! No mistake this time from spot! Dubravka dives to his left and Salah strokes his kick the opposite way, finding the bottom-left corner.
89′. Longstaff is booked now for a foul on Jota.
Alisson Becker making appearance No.250 for the Reds tonight!
Match Stats
Liverpool | Team | Newcastle |
---|---|---|
34 | Shots | 5 |
15 | Shots on target | 3 |
62% | Possession | 38% |
555 | Passes | 350 |
84% | Pass accuracy | 75% |
16 | Fouls | 15 |
3 | Yellow Cards | 5 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
1 | Offsides | 3 |
7 | Corners | 3 |
Premier League 2023/24 Table, Matchday 20
# | Club | Pts | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Form | ||||
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1 | Liverpool | 45 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 18 | 25 | W | D | D | W | W |
2 | Aston Villa | 42 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 27 | 15 | W | W | D | L | W |
3 | Manchester City | 40 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 21 | 24 | L | W | D | W | W |
4 | Arsenal | 40 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 17 | L | W | D | L | L |
5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 39 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 29 | 13 | W | W | W | L | W |