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00:00An electric atmosphere awaited two of the Premiership's big guns as they took to the Anfield pitch in early May 2001.
00:07Newcastle hadn't won any of the last six meetings between the sides at Liverpool's famous home.
00:12In fact, they'd only managed one win in ten league games.
00:16The fixture had produced some of the most memorable matches in recent Premiership history
00:20and the Kopites were hoping for more of the same.
00:22Gary McAllister had scored five goals in his last five games.
00:27The same couldn't be said of the usually prolific Michael Owen, who'd scored only once in eight.
00:32That had come in Liverpool's last match against Bradford City.
00:35Emil Heskey also started up front.
00:38Wadimir Smicha was recalled to the midfield.
00:41He took the place of Danny Murphy, who dropped down to the bench.
00:45Carl Court had been bought from Wimbledon for £7m,
00:49but his first season at St James' Park had been disrupted by injuries
00:52and he'd only started ten league games for his new club.
00:55More injury problems meant Newcastle were without Alan Shearer,
00:58so Norberto Solano was brought in to assist the front men.
01:02Your match commentator is John Champion.
01:06Match referee Mark Holsey gets proceedings underway.
01:09Newcastle, the visitors, attacking the Kop end in this first half.
01:15Liverpool with league business to take care of, having secured one trophy, the League Cup, already this season.
01:20And with the chance of adding two more, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup,
01:25during the next 11 days.
01:29It wouldn't be human if those matches didn't prey on the minds of some of these players.
01:38But equally Liverpool need to secure their current third place as a finishing position
01:43to make sure of Champions League football next season, so every game
01:48is of great importance from here on in.
01:51Their 59th match of what will be a 63-game season.
01:58Here's Sammy Herpia.
02:02Acuna.
02:04O'Brien.
02:07It's charged down by Hamann, and here's Owen.
02:09Gap between two defenders!
02:11And the legs have given to the rescue for Newcastle.
02:15First burst of the afternoon for Michael Owen.
02:20He's only got one goal in his last eight games.
02:29McAllister.
02:38Owen.
02:41Free kick.
02:44Against Davizas, the Greek international.
02:52Michael Owen.
02:54He's only 21, but it's as if he's been around for a decade or so.
02:59And still defenders struggle to cope with him.
03:08McAllister.
03:09Arm of praise, still silky smooth in midfield at the age of 36.
03:15Now the heads went up in unison,
03:19and it was that of Emil Hesky that made the contact.
03:25Enjoying his best goalscoring season.
03:2822 so far.
03:31It seems with more to add.
03:32No-hand ball, that was the request.
03:35It's against Hamann.
03:39Owen.
03:43Hesky.
03:49And now Acuna for Newcastle.
03:52And now Hesky for Newcastle.
03:55And now Acuna for Newcastle.
03:57And now Acuna for Newcastle.
03:59And now Acuna for Newcastle.
04:00And now Acuna for Newcastle.
04:12Speed.
04:16Carriger.
04:19And last off Barton for a Liverpool throw.
04:31Carl Court.
04:34Speed.
04:37Court will have a go.
04:42£7m signing from Wimbledon.
04:47Newcastle have yet to see much of a return on that particular transfer deal.
04:54Vladimir Smica.
05:01Owen.
05:04Well, Shea Gibbon wasn't unduly worried.
05:07He didn't bother to dive or scramble.
05:09He seemed to know that it was going well wide.
05:16Newcastle's defensive frailty has been
05:20a constant feature this season in the Premier League.
05:24One clean sheet in their last 27 league matches.
05:31Solano.
05:34Court.
05:37Gary Speed.
05:40Familiar figure on Merseyside from his time with Everton.
05:52Dabizas.
05:54Gallagher.
05:57Gerrard.
05:59Gerrard back to Westerveld.
06:04O'Brien.
06:08Relatively quiet opening to this game.
06:10A couple of bursts from Michael Owen apart.
06:14Certainly Newcastle have yet to show as an attacking force.
06:17And here's Owen.
06:19Here's a chance.
06:20There's a goal.
06:21Once more, that Newcastle back line breached all too easily.
06:28As Michael Owen backs his 17th of the season.
06:32Past a goalkeeper who was hopelessly and horribly exposed.
06:37One ball from back to front should not catch out of Premier League defence.
06:42But it's happened time and again with Newcastle.
06:46And it's happened again with Everton.
06:48And it's happened time and again with Newcastle.
06:58Speed.
07:00Looking for Wayne Quinn.
07:07Long last.
07:08Quinn has been given a run of starting appearances in the side.
07:12It's his 13th consecutive game for the Newcastle first team.
07:16£800,000 signing from Sheffield United back in February.
07:25Solano's kick.
07:27Esky's head.
07:38Semi-half here alongside Stefan Unge show.
07:40Semi-half here alongside Stefan Unge show.
07:45A tried and tested and trusted pairing for Liverpool at the heart of their defence.
07:53Dabizas!
07:57Newcastle couldn't have hoped for a better chance of an equaliser.
08:01Both he and Speed attack the ball.
08:06Dabizas gets his quota of goals from set pieces.
08:09And should have had another here.
08:19Smica.
08:24Liverpool free kick.
08:27Newcastle actually beat Liverpool 2-1 at St James' Park back in November
08:31when Nobby Solano there was a goalscorer.
08:34Kieran Dyer.
08:35Out injured again at the moment.
08:37Got the winner.
08:39Emile Heskey was Liverpool's scorer that day.
08:44Barton ran into trouble.
08:51Babel.
08:52Gerrard.
08:55And Marcus Babel goes down.
08:58And Mark Halsey shakes his head.
09:01How much of a case did he have?
09:05Well, he was clipped on the ankle.
09:19Gerrard.
09:22Speed on it back.
09:24This is Solano.
09:26And he's been a useful acquisition, the Peruvian.
09:30Newcastle are constantly irritated by the number of games that Peru play.
09:37Therefore his number of absences.
09:39Newcastle are constantly irritated by the number of games that Peru play.
09:46Therefore his number of absences.
10:02This game has been in stark contrast to some of the thrillers of recent years
10:06between these sides.
10:09There's two consecutive visits that Newcastle made when they were beaten 4-3 here.
10:16One of those defeats ripped the heart out of their
10:19title challenge.
10:23Here's Solano though.
10:26Gallagher to his right.
10:30And effectively not enough by way of support.
10:32And here is Didi Harman.
10:37Gerrard.
10:44Babbel.
10:55Well, the week today Michael Owen will be lining up
10:58against Arsenal in the FA Cup final in Cardiff.
11:02And in 11 days time
11:03he and Liverpool hope to be in Dortmund.
11:05There's McAllister.
11:09Who's done so much to take Liverpool to that UEFA Cup final against Alaves.
11:16Dreadful clearance by Gibbon.
11:21Who then atoned.
11:24Halftime arrives.
11:26And from a Liverpool perspective all is well with the world.
11:30Thanks to Michael Owen's goal.
11:32After 25 minutes.
11:34Cooly taken.
11:36Newcastle have rarely shown themselves as an attacking force.
11:42And it's been pretty much one way.
11:45With Gary McAllister having the chance just before halftime to make it two.
11:48Which he spurned. There was a good save by Gibbon.
11:50So at halftime it's Liverpool 1, Newcastle 0.
11:54Liverpool strikers have a habit of picking up one particular opponent.
11:59And making them suffer with Ian Rush.
12:01It was Everton that he always scored against.
12:04With Michael Owen it appears to be Newcastle.
12:07The goal he backed in the first half was his tenth.
12:10Against the Magpies.
12:15And it ended a lean run for him of.
12:18One goal away.
12:19And it ended a lean run for him of.
12:22One goal in his previous eight outings.
12:27No question that Liverpool deserve the lead.
12:32Solano.
12:35Gerard Houllier in his third season in sole charge.
12:39Began his career with Liverpool.
12:41Jointly in control with Roy Evans.
12:44Pesky.
12:47Shaking off Acuna.
12:50Marcus Babel.
12:57Good adventurous play by the full-back.
13:05Court.
13:13Lopia.
13:16Won by Wayne Quinn ahead of Steven Gerrard.
13:19Here's Gallagher.
13:35Here's Gallagher.
13:41And the header cleared off the line by Olsen.
13:49It's a very acrobatic piece of defending by the Swiss.
13:52Right on his own goal line.
13:55And some in Newcastle's stripes claiming it across the line.
13:58Here's Owen though.
14:01Smica.
14:03He'll shoot.
14:10While Stephane Anceau has preserved Liverpool's lead.
14:17Solano's header down.
14:19And Anceau right on the line.
14:25McAllister.
14:26Quinn.
14:36Speed.
14:40Now Warren Barton.
14:41Who's known the good times.
14:42Those two consecutive second place finishes.
14:44Solano.
14:51And again.
14:57The more encouraging this for Newcastle.
15:02It's taken them an awfully long time to get going.
15:14O'Brien.
15:25O'Brien.
15:31McAllister.
15:34Gerrard.
15:38Owen with a nice spin.
15:39Here's Gerrard on the follow-up.
15:41Saved by the legs of Given.
15:45Nice interplay.
15:50Gerrard and Owen seem to understand one another's game so well.
15:53There was a lucky bounce off Owen that set Gerrard free.
16:03Mesquite.
16:09Speed.
16:15Gallagher's challenge.
16:16Quinn.
16:21McAlcourt may be tall.
16:22Six foot four.
16:23But he doesn't put himself about in the same way that Alan Shearer would.
16:31Consequently, Newcastle don't have that focal point to their attack.
16:44Court.
16:53Court.
17:06A tremble of a shot.
17:11Marcus Babel.
17:14Disappointment will lurk within Liverpool.
17:16They've not yet made this game safe.
17:21Third in the table.
17:23FA Cup Final looming in a week.
17:25UEFA Cup Final in a week and a half.
17:29Murphy.
17:31Yasmica.
17:33Good claim by Shearer-Given.
17:36If things go right for Liverpool, it could be a spectacularly successful end to the season.
17:50Carrigan.
17:54Berger.
17:56Slice to earn himself a yard.
18:00Babel.
18:01Murphy.
18:04Oh, very good from Babel.
18:10Berger.
18:18Berger's arrival has pecked Liverpool up.
18:20Oh, in.
18:50Carrigan.
18:54Carrigan.
19:10Berger.
19:11To McAllister.
19:12To Heskey.
19:13Heskey.
19:19Stefan Onsher.
19:23Berger has been very involved since his arrival.
19:26Oh, it's a Super Bowl.
19:28It's Michael Owen.
19:29And it's 2-0.
19:36It's a gem of a pass from Patrick Berger.
19:39Equally impressive was the finishing from 21-year-old Michael Owen.
19:51If you're a Premier League striker and you want to pick a defence to play against,
19:54you would probably choose Newcastle United's.
20:08Left side legs up.
20:10Against Emil Heskey.
20:20Changes by both sides here.
20:25Off comes Emil Heskey.
20:27For Liverpool.
20:30Rising crescendo of noise.
20:34To applaud him off and to greet his replacement.
20:38The local hero.
20:39Robbie Fowler.
20:42And for Newcastle, Shola Amiobi.
20:45A 19-year-old striker is being sent on.
20:52It's taking a while to effect the change.
20:53Carl Court, no surprise, being withdrawn.
21:01Born in Nigeria, Amiobi, but qualified to play for England.
21:09Go on!
21:17Hughes.
21:29Danny Murphy.
21:32Babel's earlier foul has cost a free-kick.
21:38Go on!
21:44Newcastle have lost their last six Premier League matches at Anfield.
21:5111th last season.
21:52It seems unlikely they'll improve on that this season.
21:57Solano.
22:05Here's Robbie Fowler.
22:09It's a terrific ball.
22:11It's Owen.
22:12And he's got his hat-trick.
22:18Nine minutes to play.
22:21Shea given, beaten by the same player for a third time.
22:25And what's worse for the Irishman in the Newcastle goal
22:28is it's not the first time it's happened to him.
22:31Owen bagged a 15-minute hat-trick at St James' Park three years ago.
22:35This one slightly more pedestrian in the timing of the goals,
22:39but equally impressive.
22:41And what a ball from Robbie Fowler to set up the hat-trick goal.
22:46Still had work to do.
22:48Wide of an advancing goalkeeper.
22:503-0.
22:513-0.
23:04McAllister and then Berger.
23:06And now the German Haarman.
23:14Solano.
23:16Surely nothing in this game now for Newcastle.
23:19They rarely look capable of taking anything from their visit to Anfield.
23:25Just a surprise that it's taken so long for Liverpool to make the point safe.
23:35Newcastle at St James' Park are a formidable proposition.
23:39Away from it.
23:41Not all too beatable.
23:43Here's Ami Obe.
23:49They've got high hopes of Ami Obe at Newcastle.
24:02A cameo today from Robbie Fowler.
24:05It's time to set up that third goal for Owen.
24:12Luar Luar is chasing.
24:14Luar Luar is chasing.
24:23Solano.
24:25Wayne Quinn.
24:30Rarity in the English Premier League.
24:31A Cornishman born in Truro.
24:35This was the final touch of the ball.
24:37Liverpool have won very comfortably by three goals to nil.
24:41Handshakes all round on the benches.
24:43Never that much of a contest, frankly.
24:46Michael Owen with yet another match ball to add to his burgeoning collection at home.
24:51His second hat-trick against Newcastle.
24:54All three very well taken.
24:56Liverpool 3, Newcastle United 0.
25:00A terrific performance by Liverpool to continue their dominance over Newcastle at home.
25:04Michael Owen had now scored eight goals in only five appearances against them.
25:09Gerard Houllier's men went on to win a treble of trophies by claiming the League Cup, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup.
25:15They also managed to equal their best ever Premiership finish by securing third place and a Champions League spot.
25:21Newcastle ended up in 11th.