They took a 35th-minute lead against the run of play through Ryan Gravenberch and found themselves firmly in the driving seat in first-half stoppage time when Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon, deputising for Isak as a central striker, was sent off after a VAR review of his lunge at Virgil van Dijk.

Rio Ngumoha came off the bench to score Liverpool's 100th minute winner at Newcastle on Monday, but he has previously been on the books at Arsenal and Chelsea