Goal

List of goalscorers

M. Salah
40'
1 - 0
Sadio Mané
55'
2 - 0
Press

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End of match

End of match

  • 94'
    Full time and Liverpool take the points! 2-0!
  • 91'
    Three minutes added on
  • 89'
    One minute to go
Substitution

Substitution

at Newcastle
  • 84'
    Ayoze Perez comes on for Murphy.
Substitution

Substitution

at Liverpool
  • 79'
    Chamberlain goes off for James Milner.
Substitution

Substitution

at Liverpool
  • 74'
    Mane off for Adam Lallana.
Substitution

Substitution

at Newcastle
  • 73'
    Isaac Hayden comes on for Merino. Damage limitation for Newcastle.
Substitution

Substitution

at Newcastle
  • 66'
    Dwight Gayle goes off for Joselu.
  • 62'
    Since that second goal Newcastle have suddenly come into the game, controlling possession. Too little too late?
  • 59'
    It's some season he's having.
  • 56'
    GOAL! Mane makes it 2-0! Lovely interplay between him and Firmino and he slots home.
  • 48'
    Salah forces a corner but it comes to nothing.
  • 46'
    We're back underway at Anfield!
  • 45'
    Half time and it's 1-0 to the home side.
  • 45'
    Diame forces Karius into a great save!
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Liverpool en el 40'
  • 40'
    GOAL! 1-0 Liverpool! Chamberlain plays Salah in and he slides the ball under Dubravka.
  • 34'
    Liverpool have a succession of corners but can't make it count.
  • 32'
    Gayle gets in behind but he can't bring the ball down.
  • 28'
    Yedlin loses the ball to Firmino who plays Salah in, but he can't find a finish.
  • 27'
    Somehow the ball is kept out and Lovren has two headers saved from the corner.
  • 25'
    A flowing Liverpool move results in a corner.
  • 23'
    Lejeune (yes, Lejeune) has a crack from a free kick about 30 yards out. Karius saves.
  • 20'
    Not many clear cut chances to speak of in the first twenty minutes... You would expect that to change.
  • 16'
    Salah is played in over the top and forces a save from Dubravka from a tight angle.
  • 14'
    Yedlin has the beating of Robertson but his cross is straight at Karius.
  • 12'
    Mo Salah hits a ball straight at Paul Dummett and appeals for a penalty. Nothing given.
  • 10'
    Still Liverpool in control but no breakthrough yet.
  • 5'
    Mane should score but he can't sort his feet out with only the keeper to beat and Lascelles nips in.
  • 3'
    No chances inside the opening three minutes as Liverpool control the ball.
  • 1'
    Newcastle get us underway!
Start of match

Start of match

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    The teams are out the tunnel!
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    It's Benitez's first time back at Anfield as an opposing manager since he left Liverpool in 2010.
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    Jonjo Shelvey is injured and replaced by Mikel Merino while Ayoze Perez drops to the bench for Jacob Murphy.
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    Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Dummett, Lascelles, Lejeune, Yedlin, Merino, Atsu, Diame, Kenedy, Murphy, Gayle
  • PRVW
    Liverpool XI: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Can, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Salah, Firmino
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    And the teams are in...
Info

Pre-match

03 March 2018, 18:30

Referee: Graham Scott

Stadium: Anfield

  • PRVW
    Good evening and thanks for joining us for live text updates of Liverpool's game against Newcastle. Rafa Benitez will be returning to the team he took to two Champions League finals!