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Colossal effort, outstanding tactics - national media Newcastle United verdict after Liverpool drama
There's usually something special afoot when Newcastle United face Liverpool in the Premier League, and last night's St James' Park encounter did not disappoint.
The lead changed hands several times, there was late goal drama, penalty claims and VAR checks, but the final 3-3 scoreline was probably a fair reflection of a pulsating game. Newcastle led first through Alexander Isak and then Anthony Gordon after Curtis Jones had pulled one back for Arne Slot's side.
It then became the Mo Salah show as the Egyptian again showed his class with two goals to turn the game on its head. United deserved at least a point - if not more - from this game, and so Fabian Schar's late leveller after Caoimhin Kelleher misjuded Bruno Guimaraes' deep free-kick was just reward for their efforts.
It was a game that captured the imagination of the watching public as well as those inside St James' Park and as usual, the eyes of the world were on the events on the pitch. Here's how the national media reflected on the game, as well as our own ChronicleLive writers.
Colossal effort
Richard Jolly, The Independent
After 90 minutes of rollicking, rumbustious entertainment, amid his frustration, Arne Slot could at least console himself with the sense he was vindicated in one respect. The Liverpool head coach had suggested Newcastle United could provide his side with a tougher test than either Real Madrid or Manchester City and, amid the drama on Tyneside, he was proved right. A fixture with a history of classics delivered another.
The temptation is to suggest that, with their dynamism and determination, their fearlessness and ferocity, Newcastle revived a title race that was in danger of a premature death. Certainly, they gave a little hope to the rest, though it took a colossal effort, with industrial quantities of dynamism and determination, to deny Liverpool.
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Something in the soul
For Eddie Howe this was proof again that a side of unpredictable form can, at their best, mix it with the finest teams in Europe. For much of the first half Liverpool could not contain the directness of Newcastle’s counters and the running of Isak and Gordon. When they were behind at 3-2, Howe’s players summoned something in the soul to go again.
The home crowd’s tifo demanded that Newcastle “Get Into Them”. Their players took the instruction to heart and by the end of the first half the league leaders were struggling with the hosts’ intensity.
Tactics were outstanding
Hamzah Khalique-Loonat, The Times
That subdued period owed to Eddie Howe, whose tactics were outstanding in the first half: instead of pressing high, Newcastle sat patiently around halfway.
When Liverpool attempted to pass to Ryan Gravenberch, Newcastle’s pressing trap snapped: Isak, Sandro Tonali and Joelinton swarmed around the midfielder.
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Raised their game
Newcastle began as if incessant repetitions of Howe’s mantra – “intensity is our identity” – were echoing in their ears. It meant that, with his Liverpool teammates struggling to recapture their familiar fluidity and fluency, Caoimhin Kelleher was quickly called to arms, saving smartly from Sandro Tonali following Anthony Gordon’s fine left wing delivery.
After a disappointing defeat to West Ham here and an underwhelming draw at Crystal Palace Newcastle had raised their game in the manner that a side invariably at their best in counterattacking mode tend to do whenever high calibre opposition visit Tyneside.
Real fireworks
Will the real Newcastle United please stand up? Having been awful for long periods at Crystal Palace just a few days ago, the Magpies looked like a team on the brink of a crisis. However, they sprang back into life with a pulsating first half display that included a superb Alexander Isak strike.
But then came the real fireworks as Liverpool levelled the game up through Curtis Jones before Anthony Gordon fired Newcastle back ahead. Mo Salah's double looked like it had won it for the Reds but Newcastle refused to throw in the towel and earned a point via Fabian Schar.
Isak proves his worth
The numbers told their own story. Two measly shots on target against struggling Crystal Palace and West Ham. It said it all that Newcastle did not even force Dean Henderson into a save at Selhurst Park last time out.
How Newcastle needed Alexander Isak fit and firing after the Sweden star hobbled off with a hip issue midway through the first half last week. Isak had hurt Liverpool before, in each of his last two appearances at Anfield, and the record signing was full of belief after shaking off the knock. "We are a team that can beat any team... I definitely feel like we have the quality to win these types of games, especially at home," he said.
Those were not empty words. Isak was a menace - creating opportunities for Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes and Lewis Hall - before taking it on himself in the 35th minute. Isak is not necessarily known for strikes from distance but after turning Virgil van Dijk, the Sweden international unleashed an absolute rocket from 25 yards out that left Caoimhin Kelleher with no chance.
