Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 16 December 2021
Result
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United
Premier League · Thursday 16 December 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle United: match report
Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 16 December 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.
Jonjo Shelvey opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Diogo Jota (21'), Mohamed Salah (25') and Trent Alexander-Arnold (87'). Newcastle United scored through Jonjo Shelvey (7').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 37 points from 16 and Newcastle United 19th on 10 points from 16. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 92 points, and Newcastle United 11th with 49.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newcastle United in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool (8.1), ahead of Joël Matip (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 1 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Jonjo Shelvey
- 21'Goal · Diogo Jota
- 25'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 45+2'Yellow card · Joelinton
- 55'Yellow card · Ryan Fraser
- 70'Yellow card · Jordan Henderson
- 86'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
- 87'Goal · Trent Alexander-Arnold
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Adrián
- Federico Fernández
- Virgil van Dijk
- Freddie Woodman
- Paul Dummett
- Divock Origi
- Nat Phillips
- Harvey Elliott
- Curtis Jones
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joël Matip, Ibrahima Konaté, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, Thiago Alcântara, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané
Newcastle United line-up (4-5-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles, Jamal Lewis, Jacob Murphy, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Ryan Fraser, Allan Saint-Maximin