Fantastic comeback for Liverpool. They put on an absolutely disastrous match!
Grigory Telingater August 27, 2023, 21:20 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
How was the match against Newcastle?
Since 2015, Newcastle cannot beat Liverpool. The series consisted of 13 Premier League games. Judging by the bookmakers’ quotes, the favorite was Newcastle. And everything was for the victory of the locals, but the game turned out to be an incredible scenario.
The match had a spectacular start for Liverpool from the first minutes. Trent received a yellow card for throwing the ball 15 meters away, preventing the opponent from taking a throw-in. Sometimes judges forgive this, but not in this situation. And a minute later, Trent himself thwarted Newcastle’s counter-attack by shoving Gordon in the shoulder. The locals demanded to show the red card, but the referee took pity on the defender.
Already in the 10th minute, Joe Gomez began to warm up, but did not immediately enter the field. Although maybe it was worth replacing Trent. In the 25th minute he made a goal error: he couldn’t handle the ball in a calm situation (he had to take it with his left foot, being right-handed). As a result, Gordon faced the Liverpool goalkeeper and opened the scoring.
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This was not the end of Liverpool’s problems in the first half. And here too it all started with Gordon giving Isak a nice penetrating pass. The Newcastle striker at the entrance to the area was brought down by van Dijk. In the replay it can be seen that he first hit the opponent with his foot and only then with the ball.
The referee considered that it was a lack of last hope. If Isak took the ball well, then he really faced the goalkeeper. The Liverpool captain argued for a long time with the referee about dismissing him, but then he left the field. And only then did Gomez enter the field. Luis Díaz, who was playing his 50th game with Liverpool, had to leave.
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Playing in the minority, Liverpool had to rebuild. Salah went into the center of the attack and the guests almost stopped pressing. He helped in part. Newcastle looked noticeably better in the second half, but allowed chances into their own net. One of them was right in Salah. In another situation, Jota called for a penalty, who was pushed a bit in the box by Trippier. Although Newcastle’s chances were clearer. What is Almirón’s hit to the post after a lethal pass.
Still, Liverpool tied. And he did it in the 81st minute, one of the most criticized players in the Premier League. Darwin Núñez sent the ball perfectly into the far corner. True, the central defender of Newcastle Botman helped him to be in the box with the ball, where the ball awkwardly bounced from his back to the heel.
Newcastle-Liverpool
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And in minute 93 the incredible happened. Liverpool scored the winning goal in shorthanded manpower. Nunes hit irresistibly again. After the elimination of van Dijk, the guests only hit twice: two goals. An incredible victory, simply impossible to imagine after such a start to the match. So far, this is the best game of the season in the Premier League.
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