Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Naby Keita nets winner
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool: Follow reaction as the Reds edge past the Magpies to leapfrog Man City atop the Premier League table
Naby Keita ensured Liverpool’s quadruple hopes remain very much alive as he fired them to victory at in-form Newcastle to keep up the pressure on Premier League title rivals Manchester City.
Keita’s assured first-half finish was enough to claim a 1-0 win at St James’ Park on a day when Reds manager Jurgen Klopp was able to rest Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara and Mohamed Salah from his startling line-up ahead of Tuesday’s decisive Champions League semi-final trip to Villarreal.
Liverpool might - and probably should - have won more comfortably in front of a boisterous crowd of 52,281 as they held the upper hand for much of a contest which saw the Magpies’ hopes of a fifth successive league win and a seventh on the trot at home wilt in the face of almost constant pressure.
Eddie Howe’s men were never able to build up the kind of head of steam which has eased them clear of the relegation battle, perhaps a reminder of how far they have to go before they can once again compete with English football’s best on a sustained basis.
Follow all the reaction from a crucial Reds win at St James’ Park below:
Full-time: Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
FT: That’s it! Another three points for Liverpool and they are back on top of the Premier League table, two points clear of Manchester City.
Naby Keita’s 19th-minute strike was the difference in the end as Newcastle failed to muster much in the way of a response.
Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah all had chances to add to Liverpool’s lead but it didn’t matter in the end.
Over to Manchester City against Leeds at 5.30pm.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90+5 mins: Fabinho has a go from the free-kick but it’s over the top.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90+4 mins: Guimaraes finds some space and tries to slide it into Murphy down the right but Robertson does wonderfully to get across and get rid of the danger. The then charges forward himself and Liverpool end up winning a free-kick on the edge of the Newcastle box.
Game over.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90+3 mins: Newcastle have a goal kick. Dubravka needs to get it forward as quickly as possible.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90+2 mins: Shelvey takes Fabinho out with a horrible challenge from behind. Liverpool can run a few more seconds down.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90+1 mins: Newcastle have the ball but they are struggling to get it forward with any sort of purpose.
They eventually play the long ball but Almiron is caught offside.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
90 mins: A minimum of four minutes of stoppage time will be played.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
89 mins: Newcastle win a free-kick on the halfway line and Targett lumps it into the Liverpool area but Van Dijk clears.
The visitors then break as Salah speeds clear but his final touch gives Targett the chance to get back at him and Dubravka is able to capitalise and gather.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
88 mins: Can Newcastle create one last chance? They have struggled to make any real inroads in the first 88 minutes of this game.
Only two minutes left plus stoppage time for the hosts to find an equaliser.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
87 mins: CHANCE! As good an opportunity as Newcastle have had all afternoon.
Saint-Maximin is on the end of a throw-in routine and feeds it to Guimaraes on the edge of the Liverpool box. He steadies himself before trying his luck but Alisson is equal to it with a comfortable save.
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