Liverpool vs Newcastle United, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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4 - 2
4 - 2
Salah scores twice as league-leading Liverpool beat Newcastle
Mohamed Salah's second-half brace made up for a missed penalty as Liverpool kicked off the new year three points clear atop the Premier League standings with a 4-2 victory over Newcastle United at a rain-drenched Anfield on Monday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 2': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sven Botman.
- 3': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Foul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
- 5': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 5': Tino Livramento (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 5': Foul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
- 7': Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 8': Attempt blocked. Lewis Miley (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
- 8': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Joe Gomez.
- 9': Alisson Becker (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 10': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 10': Joelinton (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tino Livramento.
- 12': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 12': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 12': Attempt missed. Wataru Endo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 13': Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
- 13': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 16': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold following a set piece situation.
- 18': Offside, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez is caught offside.
- 20': Penalty Liverpool. Luis Díaz draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 20': Penalty conceded by Sven Botman (Newcastle United) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 22': Penalty saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot saved in the top centre of the goal.
- 22': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
- 24': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 25': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Curtis Jones (Liverpool).
- 25': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.
- 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Lewis Miley.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Joelinton.
- 26': Attempt blocked. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross.
- 28': Foul by Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United).
- 28': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 29': Attempt blocked. Wataru Endo (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 30': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 31': Offside, Newcastle United. Sean Longstaff is caught offside.
- 32': Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
- 35': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 36': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 36': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 36': Offside, Newcastle United. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
- 39': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) hits the left post with a right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right. Assisted by Joe Gomez.
- 42': Attempt blocked. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 43': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 45': (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 45': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+1': Foul by Lewis Miley (Newcastle United).
- 45'+1': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+2': Lewis Miley (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+3': Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
- 45'+3': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45'+5': Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+5': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 45'+5': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Liverpool 0, Newcastle United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 0, Newcastle United 0.
- 49': Goal! Liverpool 1, Newcastle United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Darwin Núñez.
- 52': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 52': Attempt saved. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ibrahima Konaté with a through ball.
- 53': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Martin Dúbravka.
- 53': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) header from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
- 54': Substitution, Newcastle United. Miguel Almirón replaces Lewis Miley.
- 54': Goal! Liverpool 1, Newcastle United 1. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Anthony Gordon with a through ball.
- 55': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 55': Tino Livramento (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
- 56': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
- 57': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 58': Foul by Joe Gomez (Liverpool).
- 58': Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Darwin Núñez (Liverpool).
- 62': Attempt saved. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wataru Endo.
- 64': Attempt missed. Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Wataru Endo with a cross.
- 64': Substitution, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 64': Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Darwin Núñez.
- 65': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Luis Díaz.
- 65': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 65': Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Wataru Endo (Liverpool).
- 66': Wataru Endo (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 66': Foul by Joelinton (Newcastle United).
- 66': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Joelinton (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 68': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dan Burn.
- 69': Attempt saved. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 69': Attempt missed. Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
- 70': Attempt saved. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 71': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 71': Offside, Newcastle United. Miguel Almirón is caught offside.
- 74': Goal! Liverpool 2, Newcastle United 1. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
- 75': Substitution, Liverpool. Alexis Mac Allister replaces Wataru Endo.
- 76': Attempt missed. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
- 76': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 76': Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
- 78': Goal! Liverpool 3, Newcastle United 1. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross.
- 81': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 81': Goal! Liverpool 3, Newcastle United 2. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sean Longstaff with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles replaces Joelinton.
- 82': Substitution, Newcastle United. Lewis Hall replaces Dan Burn.
- 84': Penalty Liverpool. Diogo Jota draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 84': Penalty conceded by Martin Dúbravka (Newcastle United) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 84': Martin Dúbravka (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 86': Goal! Liverpool 4, Newcastle United 2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Curtis Jones.
- 89': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
- 89': Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90': Foul by Fabian Schär (Newcastle United).
- 90': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Gravenberch.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+5': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Jamaal Lascelles.
- 90'+7': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 90'+7': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+7': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Newcastle United 2.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 4, Newcastle United 2.
Statistics
 NEW |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 16 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 10 | Saves | 1 |
| 38.1 | Possession | 61.9 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 34 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 15 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 2 |
| 264 | Accurate Passes | 471 |
| 350 | Passes | 555 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 5 | Crosses | 23 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 62 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 12 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 20 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 39 | Effective Clearances | 1 |
| 39 | Clearances | 1 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 57,471
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 57,471
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 11 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 12 | +5 | 23 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 12 | +9 | 22 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 12 | +9 | 22 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 2 | Joe Gomez |
| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold  |
| 3 | Wataru Endo |
| 17 | Curtis Jones |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 9 | Darwin Núñez |
| 7 | Luis Díaz |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
Newcastle United (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Dúbravka (GK) |
| 4 | Sven Botman |
| 5 | Fabian Schär |
| 33 | Dan Burn |
| 21 | Valentino Livramento |
| 39 | Bruno Guimarães |
| 36 | Sean Longstaff |
| 67 | Lewis Miley |
| 14 | Alexander Isak |
| 7 | Joelinton |
| 10 | Anthony Gordon |
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