It means the 13th game in a row without a loss for Liverpool.
The first half was goalless after many chances and a penalty miss Mohamed Salahbut after the break the Egyptian struck on a pass Darwin Nunez and gave Liverpool the lead.
In the 54th minute, the Swede scored Alexander Isak goal, and equalized for Newcastle.
In the 74th minute gave Curtis Jones Liverpool lead again.
Cody Gakpo increased Liverpool’s lead with barely a quarter of an hour remaining.
Newcastle reduced it to 3-2 just three minutes later through Sven Botman. There were no more goals than that for Newcastle.
Five minutes later it was Mohamed Salah which on penalty ensured that Liverpool increased the lead to 4-2. The 4-2 goal was the last of the match.
Liverpool’s xG record
During the match, Liverpool created a whopping 7.27 xG – a record in the Premier League. Newcastle, in comparison, created 0.59 xG.
xG stands for “Expected goals”, or expected goals in Swedish, and is a statistic that assesses how many goals a team or player was expected to score during a match, based on goal chances. Despite Liverpool’s four goals, they thus underperformed their goal yield by three goals, according to the statistics.
Liverpool continue to lead the league
The result means that both teams have an unchanged position in the table, Liverpool in the league lead and Newcastle in ninth place.
In the next round, Liverpool have Bournemouth away at the Vitality Stadium, Sunday 21 January 17.30. Newcastle play at home against Manchester City on Saturday 13 January 18.30.