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Saturday November 24, 2007 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

Liverpool

  • Gerrard 28’
  • Kuijt 46’
  • Babel 66’
  1. Disquiet in Toon as Reds run riot

    Disquiet in Toon as Reds run riot

    Winter on Tyneside is threatening to be a long and hard one for Newcastle fans after Sam Allardyce's side were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by a rampant Liverpool at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Liverpool
    • 90'+3 There goes the final whistle! And it's a miserable day for Newcastle fans as Liverpool run out 3-0 winners!
    • 90'+2 Viduka has the ball in the back of the net! But he's offside and it won't count!
    • 90'+1 Smith now goes into the book as time runs out...
    • 90' The Stadium's already half empty! Two added minutes to be played...
    • 88' Habib Beye goes into the book for a push in the back on Torres... frustration, nothing more from the Toon defender.
    • 80' And a final change for Liverpool as Gerrard comes off to a standing ovation from his fans... Crouch comes on...
    • 79' Sissoko into the book for a lunge on Barton...
    • 78' Final Toon change coming up... Enrique off, replaced by Carr...
    • 76' Liverpool make another change... Kuyt for Riise...
    • 75' Kuyt! It's a carbon copy of Babel's goal, only this time the Dutchman can't apply the finish!
    • 72' Oooh! What an effort from Babel! The youngster uleashes a crisply struck drive from a narrow angle, only to see it fly wide of the far post!
    • 69' Torres again through on goal here! This time it's Gerrard who plays him through.... but again he can't finish it off! Given races off his line to make the save and the score remains 3-0...
    • 68' Kuyt sends Torres clear! Must be four! No! The Spaniard pulls his shot wide of the mark! This is truly awful for Newcastle!
    • 67' Some Newcastle fans are leaving already!
    • 66' GOAL! And what a goal it is! Babel starts and finishes it after a lovely interchange of passes with Gerrard! 3-0 and game over!
    • 64' Butt is walking a tightrope here after he lunges in on Sissoko... the ref lets him off though and Newcastle keep a full compliment of the pitch...
    • 62' Brilliant from Torres! Super skill in the box, but he's lacking a finishing touch and Given is allowed to make a save!
    • 60' Nicky Butt into the book for a rather late swipe on Gerrard... the crowd may like that one, but the referee doesn't...
    • 59' And Newcastle make a change of their own... N'Zogbia off and Milner on... the locals don't like that one and a chorus of 'you don't know what you're doing' rings out at Allardyce...
    • 58' That's all for Harry Kewell... unpredictably the Aussie can't last longer than an hour and he trudges off to be replaced by Ryan Babel..
    • 54' Torres feeds Kewell on the edge of the box! The Aussie hits it first time, but Beye is there to make a super block!
    • 51' Allardyce decides to make a change... he hauls off Emre and brings on Joey Barton... who enters the field to a healty round of boos from the Liverpool fans...
    • 47' That is a real hammer blow for Newcastle... whatever Sam Allardyce might have said to rally his troops at half-time has now gone out of the window... it's a mountain to climb now.
    • 46' GOAL! Liverpool go two up through Dirk Kuyt! Hyypia flicks on a corner and all the Dutchman has to do is get soemthing on it to roll the ball across the line! It's his shin that gets the final touch and Liverpool are 2-0 up!
    • 46' Back underway at St James!
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle! Liverpool on top, and a goal ahead at the break, but it so easily could have been worse for Newcastle...
    • 45'+1 What was going on there?! Given's lucky to be on the pitch as replays show the ball clearly striking his arm!
    • 45' Real chance for Liverpool! Kuyt slips the ball through to Torres... he's onside! Given races off his line and makes the save, possibly with his arm! He gets away with it... but some comically bad defending gifts the ball back to Torres, who has an open net to aim for! Off the post!
    • 43' Newcastle fans have given up booing Gerrard now... it got boring after his stunning free kick bulged the back of the net.... this time his corner is poor though and Newcastle are able to clear without any problems...
    • 42' Yet another corner now to the visitors... this could spell danger for Newcastle here...
    • 40' Another corner for Liverpool here... taken short to Gerrard, but his cross is deflected into Given's arms...
    • 38' Oooh! Cracking effort from Smith! His tees himself up on the volley! Inches wide of the far post, with Reina struggling to get near it! Best moment of the half for Newcastle!
    • 37' Emre and Geremi can't make anything of it though...
    • 36' Beye wins a throw deep in the Liverpool box... and that seems to encourage the crowd a little...
    • 34' Newcastle really are struggling to get back into this game... Viduka and Martins are doing absolutely nothing up front.
    • 29' There was an air of inevitability about that... the Newcastle crowd can take a great deal of blame for going behind... they shouldn't have wound Gerrard up like that.
    • 28' GOAL! 'Stick that one up your jacksy' says Steven Gerrard as he nearly bursts the back of the net with a blockbuster from the free kick! What a perfect repsonse from the Liverpool skipper to the treatment he has received from the crowd today!
    • 27' Emre hauls down the maurauding Torres... and gives the referee a demonstration of just how good his grasp of the English language is after the whistle sounds... 'fk off' is his measured response!
    • 23' Carragher lets fly now! But that effort only brings a chorus of ironic cheers from the Toon faithful as it goes well wide...
    • 22' Gerrard tests Given with a snap shot from distance! Beaten away by the Irishman... the ball did move in the air a little there... decent save!
    • 20' Click on the 'Team Stats' tab just above these words and take a look for yourselves just how dominant Liverpool are in terms of possession... 60-40 at the moment...
    • 19' Liverpool well on top at the moment... Newcastle aren't threatening as an attacking force at all...
    • 18' Chance for Torres! The ball comes into the box, but the Spaniard misjudges the flight of the ball somewhat and he ends up heading the ball away from goal!
    • 14' Kewell tries to take on Beye on the Liverpool left... no way through as the Senegal international makes a decent sliding challenge.
    • 13' Gerrard whips in a cross shot that curls just wide of the far post... Given doesn't seem too concerned, but Kuyt knows how close that was to going in! The Dutchman holds his head in his hands as the ball sails out for a goal kick...
    • 12' Torres at the other end! Great skill to make his way into the box... but there's too many Newcastle players to get round in the end...
    • 11' Here comes Martins again... he skips past Lucas but his final ball towards Viduka is easily intercepted by Hyypia...
    • 10' Martins is caught offside as Newcastle attempt a rare sortie into the Liverpool half...
    • 8' Gerrard forces Given into a save from a free-kick given away by Alan Smith... it's easy for the Irishman though, who gets well behind it.
    • 5' Corner now for Liverpool! Gerrard goes over to take it and the jeers ring out again!
    • 4' Rozehnal looks like he's in pain here after a clash of heads with Fernando Torres... he'll he fine.
    • 3' Steven Gerrard gets his first touch of the day... and it's met with jeers from the Ingerland contingent in the crowd!
    • 2' What can this game do to lift the nation's spirits? There's a history - albeit a fading one - of classic games between these two sides... let's hope for more of the same today.
    • 1' Underway at St James Park!
    • - So, there's a first start of the season for Harry Kewell and Lucas Leiva as Liverpool shuffle their pack once again. And for Newcastle, Joey Barton is dropped and of course Michael Owen is injured.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big match from St James Park!

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Liverpool
    44% Possession 56%
    7 Shots 19
    0 Shots on target 7
    2 Saves 0
    0 Corners 8
    13 Fouls 14
    4 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    33 Tackles 50
    318 Accurate passes 420
    50 Bad passes 75

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 0
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 22 1 4
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 29 12 2
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 2 3
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 6 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 41 5 6
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 1 3
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 6 1
      36 Mark Viduka 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 19 1 2
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 1 2
      17 Alan Smith 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 31 2 5
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 3 1
      2 Stephen Carr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 James Milner 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 3
    • Liverpool
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Jose Reina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 0
      23 Jamie Carragher 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 3
      17 Alvaro Arbeloa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 52 22 6
      3 Steve Finnan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 30 2 3
      4 Sami Hyypia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 41 7 5
      21 Lucas Leiva 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 63 4 11
      22 Mohamed Sissoko 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 38 3 7
      8 Steven Gerrard 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 55 8 5
      7 Harry Kewell 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 28 10 0
      9 Fernando Torres 0 7 2 2 3 1 0 9 0 1
      18 Dirk Kuyt 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 42 8 5
      19 Ryan Babel 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 2
      15 Peter Crouch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 1
      6 John Arne Riise 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 5 1
      30 Charles Itandje 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Javier Mascherano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90'+2 Viduka has the ball in the back of the net! But he's offside and it won't count!
    • 75' Kuyt! It's a carbon copy of Babel's goal, only this time the Dutchman can't apply the finish!
    • 72' Oooh! What an effort from Babel! The youngster uleashes a crisply struck drive from a narrow angle, only to see it fly wide of the far post!
    • 69' Torres again through on goal here! This time it's Gerrard who plays him through.... but again he can't finish it off! Given races off his line to make the save and the score remains 3-0...
    • 68' Kuyt sends Torres clear! Must be four! No! The Spaniard pulls his shot wide of the mark! This is truly awful for Newcastle!
    • 66' GOAL! And what a goal it is! Babel starts and finishes it after a lovely interchange of passes with Gerrard! 3-0 and game over!
    • 62' Brilliant from Torres! Super skill in the box, but he's lacking a finishing touch and Given is allowed to make a save!
    • 46' GOAL! Liverpool go two up through Dirk Kuyt! Hyypia flicks on a corner and all the Dutchman has to do is get soemthing on it to roll the ball across the line! It's his shin that gets the final touch and Liverpool are 2-0 up!
    • 45' Real chance for Liverpool! Kuyt slips the ball through to Torres... he's onside! Given races off his line and makes the save, possibly with his arm! He gets away with it... but some comically bad defending gifts the ball back to Torres, who has an open net to aim for! Off the post!
    • 38' Oooh! Cracking effort from Smith! His tees himself up on the volley! Inches wide of the far post, with Reina struggling to get near it! Best moment of the half for Newcastle!
    • 28' GOAL! 'Stick that one up your jacksy' says Steven Gerrard as he nearly bursts the back of the net with a blockbuster from the free kick! What a perfect repsonse from the Liverpool skipper to the treatment he has received from the crowd today!
    • 22' Gerrard tests Given with a snap shot from distance! Beaten away by the Irishman... the ball did move in the air a little there... decent save!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Alan Wiley

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ndjitap Geremi

    On the Field

    • Given
    • Geremi
    • Beye
    • Rozehnal
    • Enrique
    • Smith
    • Butt
    • Emre
    • N'Zogbia
    • Viduka
    • Martins

    Subs

    • Harper
    • Carr
    • Milner
    • Barton
    • Edgar

    Injured

    • Owen
    • Ramage
    • Diagne-Faye

    Suspended

    None

  • Liverpool

    Manager: Rafa Benitez

    Captain: Steven Gerrard

    On the Field

    • Reina
    • Finnan
    • Hyypia
    • Carragher
    • Arbeloa
    • Lucas
    • Gerrard
    • Sissoko
    • Kewell
    • Kuijt
    • Torres

    Subs

    • Riise
    • Crouch
    • Itandje
    • Mascherano
    • Babel

    Injured

    • Pennant
    • Benayoun
    • Xabi Alonso

    Suspended

    None