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:
Wolves 0-0 Brighton
30 mins: Solly March puts a cross into the box and it hits Romain Saiss’ arm inside the penalty area. The referee did not point to the spot but a VAR check is underway.
NO PENALTY! Watford 1-0 Burnley
30 mins: VAR had a length look at it and decided the foul occurred just outside the area. So no penalty.
PENALTY! Watford 1-0 Burnley
28 mins: Penalty to Burnley. Or is it?
Dwight McNeil bursts towards the edge of the box and goes down. The referee points to the spot but it could well be outside the area?
Very close.
Watford 1-0 Burnley
22 mins: First chance for Burnley at Vicarage Road. Aaron Lennon shows he still has pace to burn at 35 years of age before putting a tantalising ball in for Wout Weghorst who stretches to reach the cross but can’t quite get there. Would have been a tap in.
Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich
18 mins: Wonderful save from Tim Krul. Leon Bailey bends a superb 20-yard effort towards the top corner but Krul somehow tips it onto the crossbar.
Sensational goalkeeping.
Watford 1-0 Burnley
15 mins: Dennis sends a delicious ball in for Kucka but this time Tarkowski manages to get in front of him to clear away.
All Watford in the opening quarter of an hour at Vicarage Road.
Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace
Romeu’s goal was a header from a James Ward-Prowse corner, by the way. Another goal involvement for the England international.
Is there a better set-piece taker in world football?
Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace (Romeu, 9)
Oriol Romeu has given Southampton the lead over Crystal Palace at St Mary’s.
Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side looking for a first win in three Premier League games as Patrick Vieira’s men continue to struggle towards the end of the campaign.
Watford 1-0 Burnley (Tarkowski OG, 8)
8 mins: Massive blow for Burnley!
Kucka’s effort comes back off the crossbar and as it comes back down it flicks off Tarkowski and into the back of the net.
Watford 0-0 Burnley
Here are the two line-ups today.
Watford XI: Foster, Kabasele, Samir, Femenía, Kamara, Kucka, Louza, Sissoko, João Pedro, Dennis, Sarr
Burnley XI: Pope, Taylor, Tarkowski, Roberts, Collins, Lennon, Brownhill, McNeil, Cork, Rodriguez, Weghorst
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