Naby Kieta’s first-half goal was enough to help Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool edge past a stubborn Newcastle United 1-0 and return to the top of the Premier League table.
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Liverpool dominated the early proceedings and went ahead on 19 minutes through Keita, who exchanged passes with Diogo Jota before rounding Martin Dubravka to score.
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Liverpool pushed for a second goal after the break and forced two fine saves in quick succession from Dubravka, who first denied substitute Mohamed Salah and then Jota.
Bruno Guimaraes had a late chance to equalise, but his shot was saved by Alisson as Newcastle’s four-match winning run came to an end.
Liverpool have 82 points, two more than Manchester City who face Leeds United this evening.
Newcastle are ninth on 43 points.
Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp said ,”It was incredibly difficult for the boys today to be honest, it’s clear we played two-and-a-half days ago, if you want. Coming here, [against] a team in form, six home wins on the bounce, great weather, everybody in a good mood [and] actually, pretty much everything is prepared for another home win. The only group who wanted to avoid that were my players. It was an outstanding football game, to be honest. [In the] First 15 minutes we had to adapt slightly a little bit, that’s normal. Obviously, Newcastle changed a little bit, put Joelinton on the right side – left side, our right – and kept the ball there [and] went for second balls. We struggled a bit, tried to adapt to it, did better, when the ball was on the ground we had a really good game already, I really liked how we played, how we put them [and] kept them quiet. [I] Can’t remember a lot of counter-attacks, there was the offside goal they scored and there might [have been] one second half, [but] the chance they had was offside as well. In the circumstances, [a] top-class performance. Really happy.”
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