Rafa Benitez’s side defended admirably to earn a draw against Liverpoo, with Philippe Coutinho’s superb effort cancelled out by a strange goal from Joselu
Match report: Joselu gives Newcastle draw with lucky strike
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That’s a fine result for Newcastle, who defended admirably against a Liverpool side who dominated most of the game. They stay ninth, Liverpool drop below Burnley into seventh. Thanks for your company, bye!
Full time: Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool
That’s it!
90+3 min Diame’s shot actually hit Lovren’s hand but, as with the appeal against Newcastle in the first half, it deflected onto the arm after he originally blocked it with his feet. A penalty would have been extremely harsh.
90+2 min Ritchie’s left-wing corner dips over everyone at the near post and falls to Diame, whose snapshot has the sting taken out of it by Lovren and is claimed by Mignolet.
90+1 min There will be three minutes of added time. Newcastle have their first corner of the match ...
90 min Newcastle bring on Mohamed Diame for Ayoze Perez.
88 min Matip screams a long pass towards Moreno, who lobs the ball back into the area from the left touchline. Oxlade-Chamberlain gets to it first, under pressure from Manquillo, and heads over on the stretch. What a chance! I think the ball was out of play before Moreno crossed it, but it wasn’t given so the goal would have counted.
88 min “There’s a fantastic player somewhere inside Shelvey,” says Matt Dony. “It’s a shame he seems like he’ll never truly fulfil his potential, or at least not with any consistency. He’ll always have a special place in my heart though, thanks to the magnificent verbal volley he unloaded at Ferg while trudging off the pitch for an early shower.”
87 min A long goalkick from Elliot is headed down by Lovren to Perez, who sees Mignolet off his line and tries his luck from 30 yards. It goes well wide.
85 min Another Coutinho blast is blocked by the admirable Shelvey, who looks weary now.
84 min Coutinho’s flat cross towards the near post is headed just wide by Solanke, who did well to stoop and twist his neck to divert the ball anywhere near goal. Elliot may have had it covered.
84 min Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Mo Salah, who has been the best attacker on the pitch.
83 min Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is about to come on. Liverpool are attacking with an urgency that verges on desperation, but Newcastle are just about managing to repel them.
79 min Newcastle bring on Liverpool’s bogeyman, Dwight Gayle, to replace the goalscorer Joselu.
77 min Newcastle have settled, or been forced to settle, for a draw. They are under increasing pressure and look pretty tired. When Salah swings a corner beyond the far post, Lovren’s looping header back across goal is cleared from under his own bar by Shelvey.
75 min Gomez’s excellent cross just evades Solanke before Elliot punches clear. Liverpool have moved Salah back out to the right, with Coutinho on the left and Firmino playing behind Solanke.
74 min Liverpool make a double change, with Roberto Firmino and Dominic Solanke replacing the disappointing pair of Sturridge and Mane. Newcastle are also making a change, with Isaac Hayden replacing Merino in midfield.
72 min Shelvey gets plenty of criticism but he has been excellent today, without and especially with the ball.
69 min For all Liverpool’s dominance, Elliot has not had that much to do. Newcastle’s defence has been excellent.
67 min Salah is playing as a No10 now, with Liverpool switching to a 4-2-3-1, and Newcastle can’t get close to him.
65 min Salah plays another dangerous through pass to Sturridge, who this time is rightly flagged offside.
64 min Salah clips a fine pass over the defence, and Elliot hares from his line to get to the ball a split-second before Sturridge.
63 min There’s an excellent atmosphere at St James’. Just imagine the scenes when they next win a trophy.
60 min Joselu drives an excellent crossfield pass to Perez, who is nonetheless going nowhere when Moreno hacks him down. He might have been booked for that. The resulting free-kick is cleared and then tossed back into the box. Ritchie heads it right across the face of goal, with Mignolet unsure whether to stick, twist or pray. It’s headed back in the six-yard box by Clark and eventually Liverpool clear.
57 min Gomez is booked for an inept high tackle on Atsu. Newcastle’s players and supporters wanted him sent off, and for time it looked as if that might happen. Don’t ask me whether it was the right decision; I no longer have any idea what is and isn’t a red card.
56 min Coutinho’s free-kick hits the wall. Actually it was Perez who was booked, for kicking the ball away, rather than Merino.
55 min Merino is booked for an innocuous-looking tackle on Salah. It’s a free-kick to Liverpool, 30 yards from goal, and Coutinho is over it...
54 min Perez plays a good pass down the left to Atsu, who brushes Gomez aside and scoots into the box. Matip comes across to make a vital tackle, diverting the ball onto Atsu. This time it rebounds for a Liverpool goalkick rather than a Newcastle goal.
53 min Joselu screams in agony after a challenge with Mane, whose studs landed on his ribs. I’m pretty sure it was accidental.
51 min Moreno’s cross deflects towards Coutinho, whose shot is blocked by the charging Merino.
50 min Clark makes a monumental Horlicks of a routine clearance, slicing it behind him to put Sturridge clear on goal. His first-time shot is blocked by the right foot of Elliot, and Salah volleys the rebound over the bar. Both should probably have scored.
50 min Tacticswatch: Salah and Mane have switched sides.
48 min Salah’s outswinging cross from the left is just too high for Wijnaldum, whose header curls away from goal as a consequence.