Newcastle are hosting Liverpool in a huge Premier League clash at St James’ Park RIGHT NOW.
The Magpies have the lead through Anthony Gordon after he pounced on a mistake from Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Minutes later Virgil van Dijk was shown a straight red card for a foul on the Newcastle goalscorer.
- Start time: 4.30pm BST
- TV channel: Sky Sports Premier League
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- Newcastle line-up: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Tonali, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Almiron, Isak, Gordon
- Liverpool line-up: Alisson, Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold, Endo, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai, Gakpo, Salah, Diaz
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Liverpool have endured a hellacious two minutes and 20 seconds.
First Gordon opened the scoring after a shocking error by Alexander-Arnold, who escaped a second yellow card.
And then they lost Van Dijk to a direct red for a challenge on Isak.
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Substitution
And there’s the change as Gomez comes on to replace Diaz.
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Alexander-Arnold escaped a second yellow but Van Dijk was sent off with a straight red card.
Quite a controversial decision as one could argue there wasn’t enough contact.
Alexander-Arnold gets the captain’s armband and Liverpool boss Klopp is preparing Gomez to come on.
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Red Card!
Liverpool star Van Dijk is sent off!!!
The centre-back appears to bring down Isak on the edge of the box just before he could break through and find himself at a good position to score.
VAR backs the ref and the Reds’ captain is sent off. What a shocking first half for Liverpool….
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Things keep getting worse for Alexander-Arnold!
Salah plays a pass back to the full-back who fails to get a touch and the ball goes through his legs.
Gordon picks it up from the left and beats Alisson with ease!
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Goal!
Newcastle open the scoring with Gordon!!!
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Chance
Liverpool superstar Salah tries a curling effort from the right but Pope picks it up with ease.
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Liverpool are struggling to create something and are relying on individual runs by Salah as well as Diaz.
Newcastle have won the battle of midfield and are already knocking on Alisson’s door.
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Here’s how the two teams look like today at St James’ Park.
Liverpool in their historic red and Newcastle in their classic black and white.
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Chance
Liverpool respond with a lovely run by Diaz down the left but his shot is palmed away by Pope.
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Chance
Another effort for Newcastle as Gordon attempts a shot that gets a deflection and ends up on Alisson’s arms.
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Chance
Newcastle complete their first shot on target with Joelinton on the left but it lacks power and speed.
Alisson picks it up with ease after some lovely passing from the Magpies.
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Liverpool boss Klopp has ordered Gomez to start warming up.
This comes after Alexander-Arnold’s rocky start, a substitution is unlikely but the Reds’ bench is preparing for the worst following his early yellow card and close brush with a red card.
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An intense first half so far at St James’ Park, the crowd is SO loud!
Liverpool trying to control the tempo but Newcastle are strong.
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Woah, Alexander-Arnold gets lucky there! That could have been a second yellow.
The full-back brings Gordon down by pulling him down with his arm, but the referee waives play on.
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Yellow card
First booking of the match already and it goes to Alexander-Arnold after he threw the ball in protest asking for a foul following a clash with Gordon.
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And another reminder:
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has decided on his usual 4-3-3 formation against Newcastle.
Alisson starts between the sticks with Trent Alexander-Arnold at right-back and Andy Robertson on the other side, while Joel Matip and captain Virgil van Dijk link up at centre-back.
Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister team up in midfield with Wataru Endo, who makes his full Liverpool debut.
Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo spearhead Klopp’s attack.
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Just a quick reminder:
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe appears to have opted for a 4-3-3 formation against Liverpool.
Nick Pope starts in goal with captain Kieran Trippier at right-back and Dan Burn on the other side, while Sven Botman and Fabian Schar team up at centre-back.
Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton link up in midfield.
Miguel Almiron, Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak lead the frontline.
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Peep!
Off we go in Newcastle!!!
Here come the teams!
St James’ Park is ready to host the Premier League clash between Newcastle and Liverpool.
The Magpies’ captain Kieran Trippier leads his team-mates out to the pitch.
Virgil van Dijk, on the other hand, dons the Reds’ esteemed armband today.
Not long to go now…!
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Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz both start for Liverpool today against Newcastle.
Salah has scored or assisted in each of the Reds’ last eight Premier League matches.
Diaz, on the other hand, could become only the fourth player to score in the Merseysiders’ first three Premier League matches.
That would see the forward emulating Robbie Fowler in the 1994-1995 season, Daniel Sturridge in the 2013-2014 campaign and Sadio Mane in the 2017-2018 term.
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Jurgen Klopp success
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has won 11 top-flight games as a manager against Newcastle boss Eddie Howe.
That includes the last 10 fixtures in a row between Klopp and Howe.
The German tactician could become the first Premier League boss to record 11 consecutive victories against one head coach.
That would see the ex-Borussia Dortmund manager surpassing Sir Alex Ferguson against Gordon Strachan and Pep Guardiola also against Howe.
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Newcastle manager Eddie Howe hasn’t had much joy against Liverpool during his coaching career.
In fact, Howe has lost 15 of his 17 matches as a manager against the Reds across all competitions.
And two of the four losses the 45-year-old tactician has suffered in his 34 home league games in charge of the Magpies have come against the Merseysiders.
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Liverpool drew 1-1 with Chelsea in their opening Premier League match at Stamford Bridge and then beat Bournemouth 3-1 at Anfield.
The Reds are undefeated in 13 matches, which is the current longest such run in the Prem.
However, the Merseysiders have won only six of their last 20 away league games.
Last season Liverpool lost four of their five away matches against the teams that finished in the top six along with them.
But the only exception was a 2-0 victory against Newcastle at St James’ Park.
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Newcastle won their Premier League kick-off match against Aston Villa with a dominant 5-1 victory at St James’ Park but lost 1-0 to Manchester City at the Etihad later on.
The Magpies are looking to win two of their opening three league games for the first time since the 2011-2012 season,
The Toon last won their first two home games of a league campaign in the Championship back in the 2009-2010 campaign, while the hosts last did so in the Premier League in the 2000-2001 season.
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe has only seen his team keeping two clean sheets in their last 20 Premier League matches.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
