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

What Federico Chiesa did on the back of Rio Ngumoha's dramatic winner against Newcastle United has got Liverpool fans talking. On Monday night, 16-year-old Ngumoha announced himself on the world stage after scoring a last-gasp winner for Liverpool against Newcastle.