How did the players fare in Newcastle United's 2-0 home defeat to Liverpool?


NEWCASTLE (4-3-3):

3 Pope: Suffered a calamitous rush of blood as he handled the ball while sliding in ahead of Salah outside his area – will miss out on Wembley as a result

4 Trippier: Stopped to appeal for handball when he should have been closing down Nunez for Liverpool’s opener

4 Schar: Couldn’t keep tabs on Liverpool’s forwards in the first half, but came close with a second-half header

4 Botman: His positioning wasn’t up to its usual high standards as he was caught out by a number of routine balls over the top

4 Burn: Allowed Liverpool’s forward to get in behind him on a number of occasions and his lack of mobility was exposed

5 Anderson: His first Premier League start hardly went as planned as he was sacrificed in the wake of Pope’s first-half dismissal

6 Longstaff: Deserves credit for running himself into the ground in an attempt to keep Newcastle in the game in the second half

6 Joelinton: Tried to keep Newcastle on the front foot when they were down to ten men, but was whipped off after treatment in the second half

5 Almiron: Displayed his usual energy and commitment and came close with an early effort that Alisson saved

5 Isak: Tried to carry the fight to the Liverpool backline, but his only effort of note failed to hit the target in the second half

7 SAINT-MAXIMIN: Caused the Liverpool defence problems as he drove forward in the final third and almost scored with a shot that was tipped onto the bar


Subs:

6 Dubravka (for Anderson, 25): Came off the bench in the first half and made a fine diving save from Nunez in the second

5 Wilson (for Isak, 64): Should probably have done better when he shot straight at Alisson in the closing stages

7 Gordon (for Almiron, 64): Added some real impetus to Newcastle’s second-half attacking with his surges down the middle

5 Murphy (for Trippier, 64): Wasn’t really a factor in the closing stages of the game

Ritchie (for Joelinton, 70)

(not used): Dummett, Lascelles, Manquillo, Lewis, Ritchie.


LIVERPOOL (4-3-3):

ALISSON 8; Alexander-Arnold 6, Gomez 6, van Dijk 6, Robertson 7; Henderson 7 (Elliott 58, 5), Fabinho 6, Bajcetic 7 (Milner 58, 5); Salah 7, Nunez 8 (Firmino 58, 5), Gakpo 7 (Jota 58, 7).

Subs (not used): Kelleher (gk), Keita, Matip, Tsimikas, Phillips.


Man Of The Match: ALISSON – Liverpool’s goalkeeper made a couple of crucial saves and exploited Newcastle’s vulnerability to balls over the top.