Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result and final score after late Schar equaliser denies Reds win

“Liverpool are looking for a 19th win in 21 games under Arne Slot while Eddie Howe has a solitary win in 19 games against Liverpool.

“Factor in Liverpool's terrific record on Tyneside and the outcome may seem obvious.

“But Alexander Isak has been passed fit to play for Newcastle while Jarell Quansah starts at right-back for Liverpool, a position he has played in the youth ranks but rarely in the first team.”

Eddie Howe lamented the potential injury to Isak, saying: “It would be beneficial to play with a centre-forward in the team and we have had that issue before this season.

“Isak’s injury disrupted our rhythm, but we had other issues as well. You make tweaks and hope it works. Goalscoring has not historically been a problem with my team - it’s usually the other way. No change in approach but sometimes these things just happen and go in phases.

“We just have to give the players confidence. We have some outstanding attacking players and need to give them licence to do that and get confidence back,” he added.

On Liverpool, he said: “Teams change and evolve every time you play them. Games against them have been tight, especially home games. Last one was painful from last year.

“Every time you play opposition like Liverpool you learn new things. It will be a great occasion under lights at St James’ park and have to create that atmosphere against them.”

On potential transfers, he added: “We don’t want to put ourselves in a position where the summer becomes difficult.”

“There needs to be a certain element of trading in and out to keep the group fresh. The same squad can produce staleness.”

Liverpool have won 11 Premier League games in which they’ve trailed at some point against Newcastle, the most comeback wins one side has against another in the competition’s history.

The 15 evening kick-offs (7pm or later) between Newcastle and Liverpool in the Premier League have produced 51 goals (3.4 per game), including two famous 4-3 wins for Liverpool (1996 and 1997). Indeed, the Magpies have won just one of these 15 meetings (D3 L11).

As the Liverpool players came into the dressing room celebrating, the message from Arne Slot was immediate. This victory over Manchester City was one to be proud of but also to be set aside straight away. The point was something that has actually come up with Liverpool over the past few years, especially when compared to Pep Guardiola’s repeat champions. That’s that, while it’s great to have a high ceiling as a team, it’s better to have a solid base.

“If you want to win anything, it is not about what you are able to do but more about the consistency,” Slot said after the game. “Only a few teams have won from City or from Real Madrid once in a while but it is not about winning once or twice. If you want to win anything, it is all about consistency.”

The implication is clear. The team has won nothing yet. This could all still blow up, so make sure it doesn’t happen.

Speaking in his pre-match conference, Arne Slot said that his side “don’t get too carried away” with their form and position in the table.

“We have a difficult week coming up again. It’s even harder to go away to Newcastle and we’re not even halfway through the season yet. But it is a good position to be in.

“Every team we’ve faced, we’ve had to work really hard to get a result. That keeps them with both feet on the ground.”

On tonight’s opponents, he added: “They are a team that have won at home to Chelsea and Arsenal and drawn against Manchester City. The players don’t need me to tell them how difficult the game will be.”

Newcastle have lost their last six Premier League games against Liverpool, and are winless in 15 against the Reds since a 2-0 win in December 2015 (D4 L11).

Liverpool have won five of their last six away league games against Newcastle (D1), with their current streak of three their longest ever winning away run against the Magpies.

By the end, all Pep Guardiola could do was hold up six fingers. He of course meant his number of Premier League titles but his team were so inferior to Liverpool that it could refer to the number of defeats they ended up with from the last seven.

It will be the image that sums up the game, and could lead many to talk of signalling his decline as a manager. That’s where we are currently.

A narrative twist is that this was after a near-perfect vision of football, that Guardiola himself might have enthused over in other circumstances. He might even have recognised it, given how similar it seemed to his first great Barcelona team. The problem for him was that it came from Liverpool.

This will be the 163rd meeting between these two teams, with the first dating back to 1893. Overall, the Reds have won 80, with Newcastle winning 42 and 40 ending as draws.

The Magpies haven’t beaten Liverpool since 2015, with the Merseysiders winning 11 of the 15 matches since then. Last season, Jurgen Klopp’s side ran out 2-1 winners in this fixture, and won 4-2 at Anfield.

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi has denied they are trying to sign Mohamed Salah by saying they have never considered bringing in the Liverpool forward.

Salah’s contract at Anfield expires in the summer with speculation currently surrounding his future and the option to discuss a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club from the start of January.

The Egyptian said last week that he had not received an offer from Liverpool and that he was “more out than in” and “disappointed” with the lack of progress.

Jurgen Klopp had a habit of sounding prophetic. Or he had the capacity, whether through coaching and tactical prowess or force of personality, to make some of what he said come true. But, on his way out, he made a prediction with a difference: one he could no longer influence.

“Liverpool 2.0 does not end with me,” he said in May. “It’s just the new Liverpool. It’s just the start. They can make the next steps.” Seven months later, it could have sounded like wishful thinking. Liverpool could have floundered after his exit, sliding down the standings. Or a successor might have broken his team up. The future planning Klopp did with the signings in his last three years may have seemed irrelevant if those players were then sold, dropped or performing poorly.

Instead, Arne Slot is realising Klopp’s words. Liverpool 2.0 will not get Klopp’s second Premier League title, but they may win the club’s second. They will not win the German’s second Champions League, but they may deliver the second with a team he built. “I knew Jurgen left the team in a very good place,” said Slot. He has proved it.