Alan Shearer

He missed the easiest one, didn't he?

He missed it for his hat trick.

I mean, he had one in the first half.

Yeah, he had that little dink in the first half where Nick Pope stood up.

But then when he went through and sort of mugged Dan Byrne in the second half, 1v1, and he just couldn't sort it out.

But yeah, he's a real talent without doubt.

Well, he's only getting better.

So it depends how long Isak's going to be out.

I mean, if he continues in this form and on this rise, then he'll be the number one.

I mean, he wasn't cheap.

I don't know what he was, but he was 75, 80 million, something like that.

So it's not as if he was a 10 or 50 million pound gamble or punt.

So if he continues on the rise, then try and get him out of the team.

If he does, then it'll be...

him and whoever fits in with him.

Yeah, I guess, I mean, on a bigger picture for Liverpool, the win was hugely important for them.

First 35 minutes, I thought they really struggled.

I thought Newcastle played the game really well in terms of hitting them on the counter-attack.

I'm not convinced that they're back yet, and they've still got a lot of work to do defensively.

But Mike is right.