Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle: post-match verdict
Will Rooney reports from LiverpoolWorld.
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00:00 Full-time here at Anfield, finished Liverpool 4, Newcastle 2.
00:04 Liverpool beginning 2024 in perfect style, and not only that but moving three points clear, the summer to the Premier League.
00:10 In truth, the win could have been more emphatic, Liverpool created far enough chances to put the game to rest.
00:18 They recorded the highest expected goals total since the record began of 7.27.
00:24 They were dominant throughout, a couple of laps in concentration but otherwise they were well worth all three points.
00:32 Considering how many chances we created in the first half and the end of goals,
00:36 Liverpool had the ball at the back of their net when Luis Diaz finished but Darwin Nunes was real longside just before that.
00:41 Liverpool had a chance to open it, Luis Diaz was electric in the first half, he won the penalty and was brought down by Sven Bottmann.
00:50 Mo Salah stepped up as final game before he heads off to AFCON with Egypt.
00:54 He stepped up for the penalty but it was saved by Newcastle keeper Martin Dabravka who had a superb game, he read Mo Salah.
01:01 Salah tried to go for powers out in the middle but Dabravka kept his position and kept it out.
01:08 Newcastle had the ball in the back of their net, not too long after Darwin Nunes missed a massive chance for Liverpool.
01:14 The offside flag this time went in Liverpool's favour, that was after Dan Baird had it open at the back post.
01:20 Then the second half just opened up the game completely, Liverpool opened the score and four minutes into it,
01:26 really nice move from Liverpool, Domics Zoboslai broke, played it out to Diaz on the left, he got his head up, picked out Darwin Nunes in space on the right.
01:35 Nunes could have went for goal to be honest but instead he took the right option, cleared in Salah for a tap in.
01:40 Four minutes into it, Newcastle were level, they launched a quick counter attack of their own,
01:46 Alexandre Izza beat the offside trap and finished.
01:50 I'm thinking what are Liverpool going to do here but it was a substitutive change of game, Diogo Jota was absolutely magnificent,
01:56 he was the game changer, he assisted Curtis Jones to restore Liverpool's lead.
02:02 He played a one-two of Salah, Jota and then Sliz and Jones for an easy finish.
02:06 Then Salah played an absolutely wonderful pass to assist Cody Gaffaul, a scruffy finish to be quite frank,
02:12 it didn't mean how it went in but it all counts.
02:14 The 40-yard breathing saves there, they were giving a reminder when Sven Bottman headed home for Newcastle in the eighth-first minute.
02:21 It's a set up for a little bit of a nervy finish but the nerves were settled when Diogo Jota, base three-one goal.
02:27 Alexis McAllister returning from injury, came off the bench and quite possibly his pass he played for Jota
02:35 was one of the best you'll see, he split the two centre-backs, Jota got on his way, rounded Dabrabka.
02:41 A little bit of contact, not massive contact but plenty for him to go down.
02:45 Penalty was awarded, Mo Stalas stepped up, a tone for his first half ever, showed nerves of steel.
02:52 Finished with a plumb into the bottom corner and Liverpool say completely deserved all three points.
02:57 Now they're paying their attention to Arsenal in the FA Cup.
03:00 On Sunday the only real disappointment for Liverpool tonight was Dominik Subboslai going off with a hamstring injury.
03:06 He's out now for the Arsenal game but Liverpool then play Fulham in the Cup semi-final.
03:12 They've got a bit of a break from the Premier League, that's somewhat a solace for Liverpool.
03:16 Maybe you might not miss a league game, Dominik Subboslai, but otherwise a good night all in all.
03:22 That's Liverpool 4 Newcastle 2.