Gordon Blimey, he’s lost his head
Prior to his red card, Anthony Gordon was the standout performer for the hosts.
He will protest there was no intent, but when you throw your body through the air, you are not in control of it.
His studs raked down the back of van Dijk’s calf and the centre-back was lucky that it did not cause worse injury.
Versatile Dom shows his worth
Dominik Szoboszlai was asked to play at right-back this evening due to injuries.
The Hungarian put in a man of the match display and even stepped over the ball for Rio Ngumoha to strike home the winner.
Szoboszlai is such an important player to this Liverpool team.
Boss gives frank assessment
Speaking with Sky Sports, Arne Slot reflected on their trip to St James’ Park:
Not too sure if I saw a football match today. It was set piece after set piece but that is okay. We found it difficult to bring the two-nil over the line. We didn’t play well enough with the ball. All too often our attackers tried to force something. The one and only attack that was any good [after our second goal] was the winner. What a moment for a 16-year-old.
Arne Slot
Statement made from the champions
Last weeked Bournemouth came back from two goals down but The Reds found another gear to go on and win the match 4-2.
They did it again today, but did not panic, and got their last-gasp winner deep into added time.
This sends a message to the rest of the league, this team do not know when they are beaten.
Youngster in the limelight
Virgil van Dijk reflected on his team’s performance with Sky Sports and a goal from a certain young winger:
Yeh obviously we all know it is a difficult place to come. We know there was a lot of oil on the fire in the week to spice things up. We conceded from set pieces and that cannot happen. I enjoy these kind of atmospheres but I think we could have made it easier by not conceding from those set pieces. But we won the game and now we move on. It is a dream debut for him [Rio]. It was the perfect attack, I am very, very pleased for Rio.
Virgil van Dijk
His name is Rio and he dances on the wing
If Rio Ngumoha wanted to see his fledgeling football career take off, scoring an injury-time winner should do it.
After Dominik Szoboszlai stepped over the ball, the 16-year-old had all the time in the world, could have even taken a touch.
Not Rio, he struck a curling first-time shot into the far corner send the Liverpool fans in the away end wild.
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