4 months ago

Another instant classic but both Newcastle and Liverpool must learn lessons from draw

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Anthony Gordon, the boyhood Liverpool fan who was wanted at Anfield in the summer, spurned a glorious chance to put Newcastle 2-0 ahead; that save marked the high point of Kelleher’s night. They hassled and harried Liverpool to such an extent that Slot’s side collected five cautions, the costliest ruling Alexis Mac Allister out of the Merseyside derby. “What makes him even more special is that in the first 50 minutes you thought that he’s not playing his best game today and then comes up with 45 minutes of assists, two goals, hitting the bar, being a constant threat.” After hitting the frame of the goal and scoring in successive minutes, Salah seemed to have assumed the role of match-winner. But while Liverpool claimed an injury-time penalty when Mac Allister’s shot hit Dan Burn, so did Newcastle when Isak went down in the box.

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