Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle United: Dominic Scurr reaction

Shields Gazette

Dominic Scurr reflects on Newcastle United's 4-2 defeat against Liverpool at Anfield.

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00:00 Liverpool 4 Newcastle United 2 here at Anfield this evening a seventh defeat in

00:06 eight games in all competitions for Newcastle United one that was probably

00:09 expected Newcastle haven't won here since 1994 but they were in the game in

00:14 terms of the scoreline for large parts of it but the way things transpired on

00:19 the pitch and the chances Liverpool had I mean they came away with a thoroughly

00:25 deserved three points in the end Newcastle first half Huffton Puff had a

00:31 couple of half chances Dan Byrne had a goal ruled out for offside Lewis Diaz had

00:37 one ruled out at the other end and then Sven Botman concedes a penalty bit of a

00:43 soft one and but thankfully Martin de Bravka saves it keeps Newcastle in the

00:48 game and that was the story of the the night really Martin de Bravka keep

00:51 Newcastle in the game making a number of good saves but it probably says

00:55 everything that he was far and away Newcastle's best player yet still

01:00 conceded four goals Liverpool dominant in in pretty much every area of the

01:05 pitch and Mohamed Salah made amends for the penalty the save penalty by opening

01:11 the scoring shortly after halftime and Alexander Issa cancelled it out with a

01:16 really good finish Anthony Gordon who I called out his decision-making in the

01:21 first half in it to be honest it was questionable for the majority of the

01:24 game but great running and great ball for Alexander Issa and a really cool

01:29 finish to make it 1-1 Newcastle held on they look like going into the closing

01:36 stages still 1-1 with 16 minutes to go but Curtis Jones another tapping the

01:42 only way Liverpool seem to be beating Martin de Bravka was those balls across

01:46 goal undoing the defense time and time again really and then just

01:49 tapping's into the empty net so Curtis Jones 2-1 Cody Hagpoo makes it 3-1

01:56 where he just beats the offside trap and sort of bundles it in Martin de Bravka

02:00 couldn't do much about that and then Sven Botman pulls a goal back 3-2 and

02:05 just when Newcastle think oh we've got half a chance here Diego Jota

02:10 bursts through again defense split far too easily the midfield split far too

02:14 easily and goes down in the area he takes another step after Martin de Bravka

02:19 sort of half goes to to get the ball pulls out and Jota goes down very very

02:26 easily VR check doesn't overrule it soft soft penalty Eddie Howe said afterwards

02:32 he didn't think it was a penalty but then Mo Salah makes no mistake from the

02:36 spot and that was that 4-2 another defeat here at Anfield sixth defeat in a

02:41 row against Liverpool third defeat in the Premier League and seventh defeat in

02:45 eight games and all competitions so yeah not great for Newcastle United at the

02:50 moment not the form you want to be in heading into a crucial time we had Derby

02:55 at the weekend against Sunderland Eddie Howe pointed afterwards to the fact

02:59 Newcastle injury situation says he doesn't want to make it an excuse but it

03:04 is becoming an excuse at this point because it's getting mentioned so often

03:08 and two more injuries with Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippie are not involved today

03:12 but yeah all in all it deserved a defeat for Newcastle who despite being off it

03:19 and not great in in almost every area of the game and did have a few moments and

03:26 could have had Martin de Bravka to thank because they were in the game heading

03:30 into the closing stages and could have could have nicked a point if they

03:34 weren't undone so badly and in those final 16 minutes of the game but yeah

03:39 Liverpool with a record expected goals if you if you into that sort of thing

03:43 but yeah over 30 shots on goal 15 on target the fact they only scored four is

03:49 is a surprise really considering they had two penalties as well but yeah Paul

03:55 Paul O'Reil from Newcastle against a very good Liverpool team admittedly but

04:00 yeah ninth in the table 20 games into the season out of the Carabao Cup out of

04:05 the Champions League that FA Cup game at the Stadium of Light suddenly gets if it

04:11 wasn't already big just that bit bigger and we'll be there at Eddie Howe's

04:15 press conference on Friday and then at the Stadium of Light on Saturday for the

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