Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Naby Keita nets winner
Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool: Follow reaction as the Reds edge past the Magpies to leapfrog Man City atop the Premier League table
Naby Keita ensured Liverpool’s quadruple hopes remain very much alive as he fired them to victory at in-form Newcastle to keep up the pressure on Premier League title rivals Manchester City.
Keita’s assured first-half finish was enough to claim a 1-0 win at St James’ Park on a day when Reds manager Jurgen Klopp was able to rest Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara and Mohamed Salah from his startling line-up ahead of Tuesday’s decisive Champions League semi-final trip to Villarreal.
Liverpool might - and probably should - have won more comfortably in front of a boisterous crowd of 52,281 as they held the upper hand for much of a contest which saw the Magpies’ hopes of a fifth successive league win and a seventh on the trot at home wilt in the face of almost constant pressure.
Eddie Howe’s men were never able to build up the kind of head of steam which has eased them clear of the relegation battle, perhaps a reminder of how far they have to go before they can once again compete with English football’s best on a sustained basis.
Follow all the reaction from a crucial Reds win at St James’ Park below:
HT: Leeds 0-1 Man City
This is Rodri’s goal which separates the two sides at half-time.
HT: Leeds 0-1 Man City
Half-time: Well, after nearly nine minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half the referee finally brings it to a close.
Rodri’s header separates the two sides but Leeds have grown into the contest and could have levelled had they been more competent in the final third.
Jack Grealish has been on the end of some meaty challenges and Stuart Dallas has been stretchered off after taking out the former Aston Villa man.
But at the end of all of that, Manchester City lead.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45+7 mins: Dallas is being stretchered off as the Leeds fans stand to applaud him.
Dan James comes on in place of the injured defender. A very attacking substitution from Jesse Marsch, even if he was forced into making a change.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45+5 mins: Grealish is up but the stretcher has come on for Dallas. He has seriously injured himself with that wild tackle.
Dan James is going to replace him.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45+3 mins: Good god. Grealish and Dallas fly in to a challenge again. I’m sorry, but that is referee Paul Tierney’s fault.
Dallas has clattered into Grealish and hurt himself in the process. But he would not have done that if the referee had penalised him earlier on.
That was Dallas’ FIFTH foul of the match. He is yet to be booked.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45+2 mins: Leeds struggling to get out of their own half in the last few minutes. Man City have stopped the home side’s momentum somewhat.
Looks like we will be going in at 1-0.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45 mins: There will be four minutes of stoppage time. Mainly due to the head clash between Laporte and Koch.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
45 mins: Grealish is fuming. He feels he is being mistreated by Leeds and the referee. He has a point.
Can Leeds level things up now before the break?
Leeds 0-1 Man City
43 mins: CHANCE! Man City should double their lead. It’s awful from Leeds as they give the ball away on the edge of their own box. Jesus finds Sterling unmarked inside the area but his shot is blocked as the net was waiting to bulge.
Let off for the home side.
Leeds 0-1 Man City
43 mins: Grealish beats Dallas on the outside and is fouled but AGAIN referee Paul Tierney is having none of it.
Has he done something personally?
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