Liverpool vs Newcastle

But Roberto Firmino scored his third goal in two games, this one off a Mohamed Salah assist, to tie the game with a half-hour to play, and Carvalho lashed home ...

As astutely pointed out by Danny Higginbotham on USA Network at halftime, Longstaff or a teammate dropped into a back three when Newcastle had the ball and that allowed its talented fullbacks, Matt Targett and Kieran Trippier, to get more involved in attack. I think that we scored in 90+8 is the perfect response to that to be honest,” Klopp said. It’s difficult to pick up the rhythm from a game where everything clicked immediately into a game where everything didn’t click immediately.” Harvey Elliott passes fit to start while Curtis Jones and Joel Matip are good enough for the bench. Firmino had five goal contributions in the 9-0 win over Bournemouth to go with his cool finish on Wednesday. Some good news for Newcastle, as record signing Alexander Isak has his work permit and Kieran Trippier is ready. But the Magpies won’t have Allan Saint-Maximin and Bruno Guimares, who did not get through fitness tests, and were already without Jonjo Shelvey, Callum Wilson, and Emil Krafth. Time-wasting complaints benefit Liverpool: Newcastle was gassed and goalkeeper Nick Pope joined weary Newcastle players in staying down on the grass at many points in the second half. Eddie Howe had a plan, sure, and Isak got his work permit, yes, but a changed center back pairing of Dan Burn and Jamaal Lascelles not only rested Sven Botman and Fabian Schar but it worked for long periods of this match. Newcastle is good: Bruno Guimares and Allan Saint-Maximin didn’t pass their fitness tests, Jonjo Shelvey’s out for a while, and Callum Wilson’s not ready to go either. And honestly they probably didn’t figure on losing to Manchester United, either. The Magpies came so close to saying they’d taken points from both Man City and Liverpool.