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:
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
72 mins: Diaz fires a venomous drive across the box which deflects and nearly finds Salah but Targett flings a boot out and provides a goalscoring interception.
Superb defending from the Aston Villa loanee.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
70 mins: SUBS! So changes for both teams.
Chris Wood is replacing Joe Willock for Newcastle.
Mo Salah and Fabinho are on for Sadio Mane and Jordan Henderson.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
68 mins: Sadio Mane has gone in the book. He tried to meet Van Dijk’s header from a corner but caught Dubravka after the keeper gathered the ball.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
66 mins: Free-kick for Newcastle inside the Liverpool half. It’s lofted into the box by Shelvey and Burn hooks it back across goal for Joelinton but the flag is up.
Liverpool’s offside trap is so, so effective.
Meanwhile, Chris Wood is getting ready to come on for the home side.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
64 mins: CHANCE! Oh Sadio Mane has to make it two!
Gomez flies down the right-hand side yet again and cuts it back for Mane who is unmarked 10 yards out but can only side-foot his effort wide of the near post.
Will Liverpool rue that miss?
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
62 mins: England manager Gareth Southgate is sat next to Newcastle board member Amanda Staveley this afternoon. Oh to be a fly on that wall.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
61 mins: SUB! Jamaal Lascelles is replacing Fabian Schar here for Newcastle. The Swiss centre-back limps off with a problem.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
60 mins: Little lull in the game after that spell of Newcastle pressure. Looks like Mohamed Salah and Fabinho are not too far away from coming on.
Milner finds Jota in behind with a bouncing ball but Dubravka is out smartly. He finds its way to Robertson who tries to chip the Newcastle keeper but it’s straight into his arms.
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool
58 mins: It’s been better from Newcastle in the last few minutes. They are pinning Liverpool back into their own half.
Almiron finds Guimaraes down the right but he waits too long to deliver it into the middle and Liverpool end up winning the goal kick.
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