Newcastle manager eddie howe was enraged by what he considered to be crucial decisions made by referee anthony taylor, who went against his team as the magpies lost 4-2 at anfield against liverpool.
Jürgen klopp’s squad was a hero and netted a record-breaking 7.2 goals in the match, with mohamed salah scoring twice and missing a penalty.
Curtis jones and cody gakpo were also on the scoresheet, but howe admitted to being ‘confused’ about the penalty that salah took to the back of the net. When martin dbravka clipped his heel, newcastle manager diogo jota’s chances of going down were too high, though the portuguese might have tapped into an empty net if he hadn’t been tripped. “liverpool played very well, but it was a difficult game for us.” We knew it would be,” howe told the bbc post-match. “but we had our moments, and we had some really good pieces of play from us.
“we looked dangerous, and i’m still unsure of the penalties we imposed today. The second one (the foul on jota) was particularly disappointing, and we had one just before the game’s turning point. “from my perspective, the most important thing is that we’re fighting.” newcastle’s recent poor run of results is a difficult situation, but we’re missing a lot of players and we’ve had a really difficult run of games. We’re fighting, but the group’s integrity is still there.
” Despite liverpool’s win, referee taylor was booed off by the home fans. As the brazilian attempted to stop a counter-attack, he failed to book joelinton for a flagrant foul and lost control of the game at times, especially at the end of the first half.
