Jurgen Klopp ’s team moments before the two benches confronted each other on the sidelines. A tetchy affair between the two sides ended with Liverpool securing all three points, courtesy of Fabio Carvalho’s 98th minute winner.
The Merseysiders felt aggrieved by the supposed time-wasting of the visitors, while the Magpies were furious by the fact eight minutes of added time were played when only five minutes was announced by the fourth official.
However, the sight of one of the coaches on the Newcastle bench launching what appeared to be a tissue at the Liverpool group encapsulated the affair.Read More: Two things Jurgen Klopp got wrong and two he got right as Liverpool scrape past Newcastle Newcastle record signing Alexander Isak netted a wonderful debut goal to give the Magpies a well deserved first-half lead.
He thought he had doubled the lead with a similar finish to the first, only for the linesman’s flag to rule him offside. VAR replays showed there were very fine margins in the division, prompting fury from Howe in his post-match interview.
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