Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool: Jurgen Klopp’s forwards on fire as Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo send resurgent Reds six points adrift of top four after beating 10-man Magpies… with Nick Pope suspended for Carabao Cup final after calamitous red card
- Darwin Nunez opened the scoring with an emphatic finish past a helpless Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal
- Cody Gakpo doubled Liverpool’s lead moments later after a fine assist from fellow forward Mohamed Salah
- Newcastle’s Nick Pope was sent off for handling the ball outside the area and will now miss Carabao Cup final
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Jurgen Klopp’s resurgent Reds made more ground on the Premier League’s top four, as they moved to six points within Newcastle with a 2-0 win at St James’ Park.
Liverpool’s forwards were firing from the go with Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo both on target before Nick Pope was sent off for handling the ball outside of his area.
Nunez, who later went off injured, emphatically fired home 10 minutes in before Gakpo doubled Liverpool’s lead after being teed up by a sublime assist from Mohamed Salah.
It was a massively disappointing afternoon for the hosts and their misery was only compounded with Pope picking up suspension for Newcastle’s Carabao Cup final against Man United next week.
More to follow.
Liverpool’s forwards were on fire as Jurgen Klopp’s side moved to within six points of the top four with victory at St James’ Park
Darwin Nunez opened the scoring with an emphatic finish past a helpless Nick Pope in the Newcastle goal just 10 minutes in
Cody Gakpo grabbed his second goal in as many games for Liverpool after a sumptuous assist from strike partner Mohamed Salah
Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope was shown a straight red card for handling the ball outside of his area as Salah closed him down
Newcastle’s number one goalkeeper will now be suspended for the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United next week
Martin Dubravka, who replaced Pope, was called into action on a few occasions. He will not be able to play in the Carabao Cup final as he is cup-tied
Newcastle’s stop goal scorer Miguel Almiron was denied in the opening minutes by Liverpool’s Alisson but the Magpies failed to score
Substitute Callum Wilson had the chance to pull a goal back for Newcastle but he was denied by Alisson who made a smart save
Diogo Jota had the opportunity to score a third for Liverpool late on but spurned a great chance by heading wide of Dubravka
Both sets of fans paid their respects to former Newcastle player Christian Atsu who died in the Turkey and Syria earthquake
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