Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool LIVE! Premier League result reaction from Jurgen Klopp

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David Lynch26 July 2020

Striker Divock Origi scored a rare goal as champions Liverpool came from behind to close out their magnificent Premier League season with a 3-1 win at Newcastle United on Sunday.

Liverpool end the season on 99 points, 18 points ahead of nearest rivals Manchester City, while Newcastle finish 13th on 44 points.

Liverpool went behind to the fastest goal ever scored against them in the Premier League era as Dwight Gayle latched on to Jonjo Shelvey's free kick and slotted it past Alisson with just 26 seconds on the clock.

With Liverpool having made five changes to the team that started the 5-3 win over Chelsea, it fell to ever-present Virgil van Dijk, to score the equaliser with a towering header seven minutes before half-time.

Liverpool turned the screw by bringing on the attacking trio of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the 64th minute, with Mane firing home in the 89th minute to round off the season in style for the Reds.

With kick-off at 4pm BST, follow all the action LIVE!

Date, time and venue

Newcastle vs Liverpool is scheduled for a 4pm BST kick-off this afternoon.

The match will be behind closed doors at St James' Park with no fans due to be present due to government guidelines regarding coronavirus.

How to watch

TV channel: The match will be televised live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting from 3.30pm.

Live stream: BT Sport subscribers will be able to stream the match online via the video player and the BT Sport app.

Team news

Newcastle: Dubravka, Manquillo, Fernandez, Rose, Lazaro, Shelvey, Bentaleb, Almiron, Ritchie, Saint-Maximin, Gayle

Subs: Carroll, Joelinton, Muto, Hayden, Yedlin, Darlow, Sean Longstaff, Watts, Young

Liverpool: Alisson, Williams, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson, Milner, Wijnaldum, Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Origi, Minamino

Subs: Fabinho, Firmino, Mane, Salah, Adrian, Shaqiri, Jones, Alexander-Arnold, Elliott

Prediction: Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool

Newcastle have been on the beach since the start of the month. Liverpool should wrap up the season with three more points.

Head to head (h2h) history and results

Newcastle have 50 wins against Liverpool in all competitions, a figure dwarfed by the Reds' 86.

Liverpool are won their last four on the trot against the Magpies, 12 goals.

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49mins: Newcastle forced into a change as Nabil Bentaleb leaves the field to be replaced by Sean Longstaff.

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48mins: Milner swings in a corner which Van Dijk rises highest to meet.

Unfortunately for the Dutchman, this time his header is straight at the goalkeeper.

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KICK-OFF

Newcastle get us restarted.

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HALF-TIME Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool

Honours even  at St James' Park, where Dwight Gayle's early goal was cancelled out by a Virgil van Dijk header in a tame half of football.

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45mins: Four minutes to be added on at the end of this half.

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42mins: Oxlade-Chamberlain collects a short pass from Wijnaldum at the edge of the box and unleashes a thunderous drive.

It flies just wide of the post with Dubravka nowhere near.

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GOAL! Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool | Van Dijk 38'

Liverpool back on terms!

Oxlade-Chamberlain beats his man down the right with a little push down the line and stands the ball up to the back post where Van Dijk is lurking.

The Dutchman does the rest, sending a looping header back across goal over Dubravka's dive and in.

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34mins: Fernandez in the book for booting the ball away after Liverpool win a throw-in.

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33mins: Newcastle win a corner as Fernandez's shot is parried around the post.

Unfortunately for the hosts, it's easily defended.

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29mins: Minamino has a pop from 25 yards and forces a fine save from Dubravka.

That's a bit more like it from a Liverpool perspective.