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