The Magpies have lost back-to-back games as Steve Bruce battles critics for slack League Cup exit against Brentford He said he wanted his team to “shut up a few people” against the Reds
But the league leaders have lost only once this season – a heavy loss to Aston Villa in the fall – and Newcastle have lost to them twice last season, including a loss last season day when visitors dominated
Newcastle are without star man Allan Saint-Maximin and Captain Jamaal Lascelles as they suffer from the aftermath of COVID Ryan Fraser is also missing but Callum Wilson returns
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Really seeing the advantage of nufc playing a few yards higher up the pitch and trying to pass and move the ball with Joelinton, Longstaff and Wilson all tied up, there will surely take a lot of cheering from this opening Arguably their best long out of 15 m
Yedlin bursts into the box but his shot is widely deflected A fiery start for Newcastle
The ball breaks for James Milner to have a shot from 25 meters but his effort was well saved by Darlow at the bottom
Yes, Liverpool dominate the ball but the Magpies ask questions of the Premier League champions and Callum Wilson looks sharp and a grip for the inexperienced Liverpool defense
The Magpies have yet to let Liverpool settle in and have looked a little more positive going forward than we would have imagined ahead of the game
Nice escape from #nufc Matty Longstaff frees Callum Wilson at the break and striker shakes Nat Phillips before Fabinho is blocked Liverpool are the champions but Brighton, Fulham and more recently West Brom have shown you can get them To ask questions Decent start
Newcastle ask at least a question or two in the final third of the opening stages Decent start Steve Bruce asks forwards to pressure and urges players to face Liverpool Don’t let them settle in Delivery from the plays will obviously be the key tonight
Joelinton tries to release Wilson on the left side but there is too much on the ball
It was a positive start for Newcastle and Callum Wilson received another glance at goal Unfortunately his header from Jacob Murphy’s brilliant delivery bounced off the post
First corner for the Magpies as Wilson’s cross almost sneaks into the net but Alisson rocks him
I was trying to be as honest as possible when I said that over the past three or four years we are in the lower half of the Premier League
If you’re in the bottom half of PL the first thing you need to avoid is relegation, not that we have to talk about it so my mandate from the start is to keep Newcastle as a Premier League club and move forward as best we can
I also said we have to try and get closer to the top 10 These are the simple facts and the honest truth
Just shows you the Premier League, doesn’t it? West Brom defended very, very well and were beaten last night The only thing you need to do is defend yourself well against them because at the top of the pitch they are very, very good
Steve Bruce stayed with the majority of the squad that lost 2-0 to Man City – but called Callum Wilson back in the starting lineup
This means Miguel Almiron fell off the bench, but Matty Longstaff retained his place in the opening X1 with Sean Longstaff remaining on the bench
The Magpies went with Federico Fernandez to the heart of the defense alongside Ciaran Clark with Fabian Schar forming a three-man central unit
DeAndre Yedlin remains on the big stage despite interest from Trabzonspor while Matt Ritchie remains in the squad
Dwight Gayle and Andy Carroll offered other attacking options on the bench while Jeff Hendrick was back in the account
Great to see Callum Wilson again but even better to see Martin Dubravka back in the squad of the day A strong Liverpool side but young center-half Nat Phillips is the obvious weakness #NUFC should be looking to exploit
As expected, Wilson returns after rocking a ‘bad’ ankle in game City’s only change Joelinton’s role will be key tonight Looks like #nufc is naturally sticking to five so that he could be wide Dubravka back in the match day squad for the first time since July
He didn’t help himself with some of the things he said Sometimes things go wrong and he gives critics ammo
With Rafa Benitez, he answered questions with questions and you came out of press conferences wondering if he had answered any at all “
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