Newcastle vs Liverpool: Player ratings, analysis and reaction as Keita winner keeps pressure on Man City

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Liverpool kept the pressure on Manchester City after moving ahead of them to go top of the Premier League

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With the second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Villarreal looming on Tuesday,

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Jurgen Klopp opted to make five changes with Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Thiago Alcantara the headline absentees.

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Perhaps unsurprisingly given the rotation, Liverpool looked disjointed in the opening 15 minutes, but it didn’t take long for them to click into gear.

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Perhaps unsurprisingly given the rotation, Liverpool looked disjointed in the opening 15 minutes, but it didn’t take long for them to click into gear.

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Newcastle felt aggrieved that a meaty challenge from James Milner on Fabian Schar went unpunished in the build-up to Keita’s opener,

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Fabian Schar went unpunished in the build-up to Keita’s opener, but they could have done more to prevent the Guinean from waltzing through to score.

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Kylian Mbappe in blunt PSG transfer response as Real Madrid target

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