Pre Match - Newcastle (a) - Sun 16:30

[King Binny]

 

[Holle]

Didn't realize Nunez and Alli understand each other's language.

Nunez played for Benfica so I guess he heard some Portuguese there. And Portuguese and Spanish are quite similar anyway.

 

[Red Bird]

Like him already.

 

[tombrown]

Nunez played for Benfica so I guess he heard some Portuguese there. And Portuguese and Spanish are quite similar anyway.

OK - what am I missing, or are you all just (pre) whooshing me?

Ali is from Brazil, Nunez from Portugal - in both those countries they speak Portuguese

 

[dmishra]

OK - what am I missing, or are you all just (pre) whooshing me?

Ali is from Brazil, Nunez from Portugal - in both those countries they speak Portuguese

Nunez is Uruguayan

 

[Dreambeliever]

Nunez is Uruguayan

Who speaks Spainish.

 

[Hansern]

Good morning Reds! What a lovely Monday! 🙂

 

[Dreambeliever]

Good morning Reds! What a lovely Monday! 🙂

Ha ha

 

[tombrown]

Nunez is Uruguayan

DOH! I didn't sleep well last night ... that's my excuse [emoji6]

 

[Judge Jules]

lol what? Earned a start? He scored in pre season, looked sharp and got literally a handful of minutes in both games. Wasn’t given a chance to earn his spot.

He was given the chance the management decided he deserved at the time, and they're a sod of a lot closer to it all than any of us randoms on here.

 

[Shay_K]

Nuff said

 

[Shay_K]

Feed the donkey and he will score

Maybe our donkey has evolved into a stallion.

 

[Judge Jules]

I don't remember hearing it, but a regretful Toon supporter I know e-mailed me this morning congratulating us for our fighting spirit and criticising his comrades as jinxy b@stards for singing "You're just a sh!t Andy Carroll". 😀

 

[Dreambeliever]

He was given the chance the management decided he deserved at the time, and they're a sod of a lot closer to it all than any of us randoms on here.

Not sure how he could have done anymore in pre season. He deserved to come on earlier in the first two games.

 

[Woland]

He came on exactly when he should have.

 

[Modo]

 

[Modo]

I picked Gakpo because I think we need a little pace and height up front. Nunez would be my second option.
Schär and Botman aren't exactly the scariest CB's in the world. Good in the air, but not the quickest.


I hope they play with a high press, might give us more chances to run at their defenders.

wrong about Gakpo, right about their defence...

 

[Red Bird]

He was given the chance the management decided he deserved at the time, and they're a sod of a lot closer to it all than any of us randoms on here.

That’s why the coaching staff get paid those amounts. We’ve got long season ahead of us, after all.

I’ve got to say, forced or not, this was the best use of substitutions by Klopp in many seasons.

 

[Hansern]

Yeah, as said yesterday. Klopps in game management yesterday was top class.

 

[Woland]

When he took Diaz off I wanted to throw my shoes at the tv

 

[Fabio]

I still don't overly agree with taking Diaz off at that time

 

[tomasjj]

When he took Diaz off I wanted to throw my shoes at the tv

But what did you do?

 

[Woland]

Had a line of ket and put a tenner on us to win

 

[tomasjj]

Had a line of ket and put a tenner on us to win

Fresh.

 

[Frogfish]

Newcastle United 1-2 Liverpool: Key stats

Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool

• Darwin Nunez’s second goal was the 42nd 90th-minute winner that Liverpool have scored in the Premier League, the most by any team in the competition’s history.
• Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has now overseen 11 consecutive Premier League wins against Eddie Howe. It is the longest winning run in the competition by any manager against a specific opposing manager.
• This is the first time Newcastle have lost a Premier League home game under Eddie Howe in which they scored first (W17 D5 beforehand). The Magpies had won 16 of the previous 17 games when opening the scoring coming into today.
• Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk was sent off in the Premier League for just the second time in 231 appearances, while the Reds have had a player sent off in consecutive league games for the first time since March-April 2015 (v Manchester United and Arsenal).

 

[Fabio]

I do wonder how far Howe can take them. His subs changed the game for them, as they started to cede more and more control

 

[Hansern]

I do wonder how far Howe can take them. His subs changed the game for them, as they started to cede more and more control

One more loss and he'll be called down to Saudi for a meeting and never return.

 

[aquaman4]

When will we know the number of games vandyke will miss?

 

[Red Bird]

I still don't overly agree with taking Diaz off at that time

I know, and I’d be with you here, but in this case the end justified the means.

 

[Dreambeliever]

When will we know the number of games vandyke will miss?

3 atm