Chapter 1: What were the key moments in Newcastle's 2-0 victory over Liverpool?
Oh, it's Wijnaldum, can he set himself here still? It's deflected in, it's the break that Newcastle United finally need. Got Wijnaldum to play in here, for Newcastle United! Second goal, three points, priceless here. Gini producing the goods again for Newcastle. Two goals, a huge three points for the home side. They won it 2-0. They actually only had one shot on target.
That was their second goal. Liverpool, for their one shot on target, had to wait until the 89th minute. Now, to get something out of the game, Steve McLaren told us before the game they'd have to outrun Liverpool. That is exactly what Newcastle did. Look at the distance covered. 1.17 kilometres for Newcastle, 1.16 for Liverpool. Newcastle have pulled off a big shock here.
He's the hero once again. He was man of the match, along with Rob Elliott. He's with Patrick Davison.
Guys well played, Gini. Huge result, but was it also a performance which showed how much the players care about this club?
Yes, of course. We had a few difficult weeks behind us and we had to react on the last game because the performance was not so good. We train hard together, we keep faith in each other and try to keep the confidence and it worked. We said, you know, it's difficult to win games but if you give your all, you have done
everything in the end and then you can be proud because there's no regrets and that's what we do today. We did and we fight to win this game and we were lucky that we win.
It looked like a really emotional celebration, particularly for the first goal. Tell us what was going through your mind.
First was, I think it was a cross from Moussa. I must say that I was a little bit lucky that the ball stayed in front of my feet and probably slid the ball I make the action and I try to shoot on goal because it's difficult from that side of the corner. I shoot on goal and someone touches the ball, I go in.
At that moment you're happy because you work hard, especially in the first half, we work hard together and we train hard to get a good result and then you're happy if it works with the goal.
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Chapter 2: How did Newcastle's performance reflect their commitment to the club?
I think we need to make a statement and that is how it's going to be every time we come to St James'. This is who we are and how we're going to perform every week.
Great performance this afternoon. Gini is the Barclays man of the match. Rob, do the honors for us.
Thank you.
Yes, the home fans will hope that's a statement that is repeated, but they've had to soak up a lot of criticism in the last week or so. How was that for a response?
Yeah, sensational. Second half, the way they came out, the way they fended, the way they stuck together, stifled Liverpool. Liverpool didn't cause much of a problem or no threat. 89 minutes it took until a tame Lovren header was a first shot. He actually had to save Rob Elliott. And going forward, they were a lot better. Still, at times, a bit too hasty and not composed enough.
And they turned it into a scrappy game which played into Newcastle's hands, but they took the chance as well. And in the end, I disagree with Gini Wijnaldum. I think they deserve to win. What did you think, Thierry?
You called beforehand for desire from this Newcastle side. You got that in space, didn't you?
Yes, and also half-time I was saying that they need to be a bit less timid in terms of how they break out and to go onto a counter. And Wijnaldum was a symbol of it in the second half. Three or four times he broke from midfield and find some space and find a ball for his strikers. Moussa Sissoko, we all know what type of power he has.
And if you let him come out and put his head up, he can find a ball like we can see on the first goal. How many times we saw at St. Jesse's Park Moussa Sissoko crossing the ball for Wijnaldum. Yes, he was a bit lucky there. I don't think that's the control he wanted to do. But then, when you work hard in the game, the ball always goes your way, that deflection will always go your way.
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Chapter 3: What role did Gini Wijnaldum play in Newcastle's success?
I think Moreno want to actually square the ball for... Origi in the middle there, it's a fantastic finish. I don't think he meant it. And he may have seen the flag up as well. So yes, it's a little bit unlucky. If the flag stayed down, would he have scored? We don't know. What do you make of it?
I just think that overall, I don't know why the referee is like five yards, five meters. The assistant? Yeah, the assistant ahead of everything. Then, OK, we can talk about did they see it or didn't see it. But I don't know why he's so far away from the last man. For 2-0, I think it's fair to say you enjoyed this goal, Thierry, didn't you? Yes, because that sums up the game.
Sissoko again on the ball, what a ball, and I love the fact how Wijnaldum came and met the ball straight away with his right foot. I mean, we can see it here, Klein is with Wijnaldum, but we all know that Wijnaldum has that in his locker. As soon as he can smell that his team is going on the counter, he's going, and he will go.
If I see Moussa Sissoko in that situation, I'm always going to back him up to win it.
Yeah, and this is a scored goal, as you see, Sissoko beats Moreno on the wing, he makes the run, Vinaldo times his run perfectly, he waits for the perfect timing to play the pass, and then I think Mignoli actually does ever so well to get so close to Vinaldo, but he sees him coming out, he knows they just need to toe poke, a little toe poke, a little chip over the keeper, and yeah, a scored goal on the counter-attack you'll see all weekend.
And he made that look easy. It's not an easy skill at all. He came, made the ball early, passed the goalkeeper, end of the game, last run. You still need to have some type of freshness in your brain to see that. Pure class.
Here at St James' Park, Steve McLaren all smiles at the final whistle today. He got the response he wanted, and it's with Patrick Davison.
Steve, well done. Was that a result, a performance, an effort that was desperately needed?
That's what you've got to do to win a game in the Premier League. You have to work, you have to run, and we talked about that before the game, and you've got to work really hard. I mean, crawl back into the dressing room, that's what they've done, and every time we've won, got a result, that's what they've done.
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Chapter 4: Why was Liverpool's disallowed goal a significant moment in the match?
Not easy next week at Spurs, but I think for 24 hours we'll enjoy this. Review it as normal on Tuesday. Get back to work. Thanks, Steve. Well done. Cheers.
So can they kick on from here? Next up, it's a trip to Spurs, a game you'll see live on Super Sunday next weekend, then a huge game against Villa at home. And when you look at that, Thierry, one, it shows you how important today's game was in the three points, and two, this can't be another false dawn, can it?
Steve McLaren said it himself, how many times we've been in this situation when they played a big team at St. Joseph's Park and the desire was there, commitment, everything. Everything was spot on from what they wanted to do today and you could see it right from the start. Can you do the same thing at the lane? Can you do the same thing against Arsenal? Can you do the same thing away from home?
That's the thing with Newcastle, and we always talk about the same thing every time. And it usually doesn't happen. Let's see against Tottenham next week.
We will see that on Super Sunday next weekend. Today, a setback for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp, who's with Patrick Davison.
Jurgen, with an own goal, a disallowed goal, was this a day where everything went against you?
Yeah, if you want you can see it like this, of course, but if you... If you think about which situation Newcastle is in and which situation we were in, then we have to say they deserved the win. Maybe we would have deserved the point, I couldn't see... We should have won three points, that's a problem, because we were not good enough today, we did not do what we could do.
I don't know why, I have to think about this, I have to see it again, I have to analyse this game and then I know more about it. It's hard work here, it was clear, but it should not be this hard work because we could do better, we have to play much more football. We didn't do it, we played no counter-pressing I think, pressing was not good.
Well, Newcastle didn't only play long balls, they have playing build-up, but we were not there, we were not compact enough, so a lot of things we did not well. But better you lose a bad game than a good game, then it's easier to make it better. Why was the pressing not good today? We always think of that as being a hallmark of one of your teams. Yeah, but that's how it is.
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Chapter 5: How did Newcastle manage to stifle Liverpool's attacking threats?
They beat Swansea just, they've struggled to find a way past Southampton when they played them in 0-1 each, Kazan in the Europa League, so they had quite a few very, very iffy games where they came out on top or drew the games, but they didn't play well. And I think this is what you have to do against Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp said it during the week. He said, we have to be better in possession.
And I think today they showed where they lack. Without Coutinho, without Sturridge for large parts, they struggled to find chances, struggled to find a way through the Newcastle defence. And they looked, for most parts, they looked very ordinary. So they need to bring these two players back. We need to see how long Sturridge is fit.
But I think overall, regardless who's on the pitch, I think they have to...
improve the retention of the ball because today very uncomposed they lost so many easy balls and the passing's been off today and this is why they didn't create any chances they only had one shot on target so yeah a lot of work to be done I don't think it's a big shock they lost here because Newcastle was furious at some stage but you know I think their strength for this for the moment in time will be away from home because
the way they're playing without their creative players being fit, Coutinho and Sturridge, I think they struggle to create chances.
You weren't shocked. Many people were by the result today.
Just another surprise in the Premier League, Thierry. Listen, we all love a Robin Hood story. Jamie Vardy, 11 goals in a row in 11 games. You have the likes of Stock City toying with Man City yesterday. West Ham doing well from the beginning of the season. Crystal Palace being there.
But at one point for me, the big guns needs to come out and say, hang on a minute, this is our league and we need to put a statement back in there. You can't have Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, City, United... whatever, acting the way they're acting. They need to come back and strong. I understand that the lesser sides in brackets are closing the gap, but they have to do a bit better, the big guns.
We're better. Find some consistency. That's why I think for me, ultimately, three of the teams out of four are struggling in Europe.
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