Liverpool trimmed Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League desk to a single factor with a three-1 victory over Newcastle United on Thursday evening.
Jurgen Klopp's facet had Virgil van Dijk, Fabinho and Curtis Jones test wonderful for Covid-19 on the eve of the fit however they did now not let this disruption affect their overall performance, responding properly to going in the back of early on to secure a comfortable victory.
The Magpies tore up the script inside seven minutes whilst Jonjo Shelvey latched onto Thiago Alcantara's bad clearance and unleashed an unstoppable power to score his first intention of the season.
Liverpool did no longer take long to degree matters up with Diogo Jota nodding domestic a unfastened header at the back submit even as Newcastle had been screaming for the game to be halted following a head damage to Isaac Hayden.
The Reds completed the turnaround a couple of minutes later with Shelvey turning from hero to villain on his go back to Anfield. His aimless again-skip allowed Sadio Mane to thieve in, and even though his preliminary attempt become blocked, Mohamed Salah was there to select up the scraps.
Salah - who turned into on fantastic shape yet again - then overlooked a first rate danger to make it 3-1 earlier than 1/2 time, prodding an effort huge with his weaker foot after a sumptuous ball from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Liverpool loved masses of possession after the smash but struggled to carve out uncomplicated possibilities. Newcastle hardly ever broke out in their shape, with Trent Alexander-Arnold's ultimate-ditch tackle on Ryan Fraser denying the visitors a unprecedented sight at purpose.
Alexander-Arnold turned into then decisive at the alternative stop four minutes from time. Picking up the ball 25 yards out he arrowed a thumping effort into the pinnacle nook to seal three points for the hosts.
Here are your player scores from Anfield...
Alisson (GK) - five/10 - Rarely examined. Unsighted for Shelvey's attempt. Trent Alexander-Arnold (RB) - 8/10 - His traditional creative self from deep. Made a terrific address to deny Ryan Fraser a gap at the hour-mark. Sealed the game with a daft goal. Joel Matip (CB) - 7/10 - Rarely neglected a header because the Magpies seemed to go long at each possibility. Ibrahima Konate (CB) - 6/10 - Mopped up on the rare activities Newcastle improved the ball past the Reds' midfield. Andy Robertson (LB) - 6/10 - He's had better games. Crossing changed into inaccurate but he was cushty defensively. His motion created the distance for Alexander-Arnold's stunner.
