Newcastle United 1-2 Liverpool: Darwin Nunez snatches points for ten-man Reds

Darwin Nunez atoned for Liverpool's first-half errors and clinched a singular 3 points astatine Newcastle

Darwin Nunez struck 2 precocious goals to implicit a singular turnaround and springiness ten-man Liverpool a melodramatic triumph against Newcastle United astatine St James' Park.

Alisson kept Liverpool successful it by miraculously turning Miguel Almiron's changeable connected to the woodwork successful the archetypal half, the guardant besides hitting the station aft the break, earlier Uruguay striker Nunez was introduced to stunning effect.

Nunez ran done to firearm a changeable past Newcastle keeper Nick Pope with 9 minutes left, past took Mohamed Salah's walk successful his stride 3 minutes into stoppage clip earlier applying an arsenic emphatic decorativeness to springiness Liverpool an astonishing win.

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Liverpool excavation heavy to stun Magpies

Liverpool's triumph was a triumph for spot of quality and stickability due to the fact that they spent truthful overmuch of this lucifer outnumbered, retired of sorts and clinging connected earlier they abruptly clicked into cogwheel and took the points.

The starting constituent indispensable beryllium goalkeeper Alisson, who produced that singular prevention from Almiron erstwhile Liverpool were 1-0 down, someway turning his almighty changeable connected to the framework of the goal. All world suggests adjacent Jurgen Klopp's broadside would not person travel backmost from that.

Liverpool shifted the accent of the crippled with the instauration of substitutes Diogo Jota and Nunez, affirmative moves successful a precise antagonistic situation, abruptly giving them a menace erstwhile earlier it had been simply astir survival.

Nunez has been precise overmuch deed and miss since his big-money determination from Benfica, but helium was each deed present connected Tyneside, that archetypal explosive decorativeness sending shockwaves done St James' Park, the stadium abruptly rocking with nerves alternatively than celebration.

Just arsenic a constituent looked similar Liverpool's reward, Nunez delivered again to nonstop Klopp - who had spent truthful overmuch of the day frustrated and aggravated - chaotic with solemnisation connected the touchline astatine the extremity of this eventful afternoon.

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Newcastle stunned by smash and drawback

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe and his players looked astir bewildered arsenic the last whistle sounded aft a rollercoaster brushwood and Liverpool were celebrating a superb smash-and-grab win.

They were near to rue failing to instrumentality vantage erstwhile they were successful implicit bid against Liverpool, reduced to 10 men, a extremity down and struggling to header with the strength of Newcastle's pressing game.

Alisson was the barrier, portion the woodwork besides stopped Newcastle extending the pb fixed to them by Gordon's creaseless decorativeness - chances missed and opportunities squandered earlier they paid a dense price.

There was besides carelessness erstwhile substitute Harvey Barnes selfishly went unsocial with Callum Wilson unmarked successful beforehand of extremity with the people 1-0 - and with Liverpool's array of attacking endowment the information ever lurks, arsenic Newcastle recovered to their cost.

It made it 2 defeats from Newcastle's archetypal 3 games aft the opening-weekend thrashing of Aston Villa, and this 1 volition origin existent symptom due to the fact that they volition cognize they should person had this 1 wrapped up earlier Nunez's precocious double.

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