Arne Slot and Eddie Howe’s thoughts will be worth watching after 10-man Newcastle United staged the unlikeliest of comebacks against the defending Premier League champions only to concede to a teenager in the 10th minute of stoppage time at St. James’ Park on Monday.
Liverpool won 3-2 after blowing a 2-0 lead and despite their hosts playing a full half and 11 minutes of stoppage time down a man thanks to an absurd Anthony Gordon challenge.
The atmosphere was electric from the jump, as a League Cup final rematch also carried the subplot of Magpies striker Alexander Isak trying to engineer a transfer to Liverpool.
The Reds led 1-0 through Ryan Gravenberch when Newcastle forward Anthony Gordon was sent off following VAR review of a nasty challenge on Virgil van Dijk. They’d make it 2-0 through Hugo Ekitike one minute into the second half.
Then came a stunning turn of events, as Newcastle retook control of the game and forced goals from Bruno Guimaraes and William Osula. At 2-2, they had to manage 11 minutes stoppage time to take a point. They managed 10.
Slot’s thoughts will be worth special consideration.
Arne Slot, Eddie How reaction to Liverpool rescuing win after 10-man Newcastle’s insane comeback
We’ll post all of their words here when the bosses speak from St. James’ Park.
Virgil van Dijk reaction to blown lead, Rio Ngumoha winner
On the game: “We all know it’s a difficult place to come. We all know there’s a lot of wood on the fire this week to get Newcastle fired up. For us the disappointing part is we considered twice from set pieces. Great 3 points and focus on the next one.”
“Free kicks, corner kicks, then the pressure gets on and they have the quality if you look at the traditional top six here, there’s only a couple who happen to beat them. It’s always a difficult place to come, and today it was the same.”
What did he say to Anthony Gordon after red card? “I said to him, if it’s not a sending off than I don’t understand football. I think it’s strange that the referee had to go to the monitor.”
On Rio Ngumoha: “A dream debut for him. I think the whole attack was quite good. It started on our right hand side and Fede did the dummy. We stayed calm towards the end to try to find the right solution to score a goal. I’m very pleased to Rio. I’ve mentioned to Rio it’s all just a start and he has to keep working but he has to enjoy the moment.”
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