PREMIER LEAGUE : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS LIVERPOOL – 25/08/2025 (PHOTO – TEENAGE LIVERPOOL HERO RIO NGUMOHA CELEBRATES)

PREMIER LEAGUE – NEWCASTLE UNITED VS LIVERPOOL – 25/08/2025

WHAT A FEISTY MATCH IT WAS BETWEEN NEWCASTLE VS LIVERPOOL LAST NIGHT, PERHAPS MAGNIFIED BY THE CONTINUING “ISAKGATE” SAGA. (ALEXANDER ISAK HAS NOT PLAYED FOR NEWCASTLE SINCE REFUSING TO GO ON THE PRE-SEASON TOUR LAST MONTH, BECAUSE OF HIS TRANSFER REQUEST FOR LIVERPOOL.) NEVERTHELESS, NEWCASTLE PLAYED ENTHUSIASTICALLY, MAKING 248 PASSES, WITH A 68% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 7 CORNERS, WITH 10 SHOTS, INCLUDING 3 ON-TARGET, WITH 2 SUCCESSFUL CRACKERS FROM BRUNO GUIMARAES AT 57 MINS., (BELOW)

AND A LATE GOAL FROM WILLIAM OSULA AT 88 MINS! (BELOW)

EARLIER, JUST BEFORE HALF-TIME AT 45 +3 MINS. ANTHONY GORDON PERFORMED AN EXTREMELY CLUMSY TACKLE ON VIRGIL VAN DIJK, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A RED CARD, LEAVING NEWCASTLE DOWN TO 10 MEN. (GORDON WENT OVER TO APOLOGISE TO VAN DIJK AFTERWARDS, BUT THE STUD-MARKS ON VAN DIJK’S LEG WERE VISIBLE AFTER THE CHALLENGE AND HE WASN’T HAVING ANY OF IT.) THERE WERE FOULS-A-PLENTY DURING THE MATCH, IN FACT, WITH 17 FOR NEWCASTLE, 2 YELLOW CARDS, AND GORDON’S RED, AND 15 FOR LIVERPOOL, WITH 3 YELLOW CARDS. (BET THE REF IS WORN OUT TODAY!)

LIVERPOOL MADE 446 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 58% POSSESSION), AND 5 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM RYAN GRAVENBERCH AT 35 MINS. (BELOW)

 HUGO EKITIKE AT 46 MINS., (BELOW)

AND THE MOST STUPENDOUS LATE FINISHER FROM 16 YEAR-OLD RIO NGUMOHA ON HIS DEBUT GAME IN STOPPAGE TIME (BELOW)

SO THIS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT MATCH ENDED WITH LIVERPOOL KNICKING IT 3 – 2 IN THE 100TH MINUTE!! WHAT EXCITEMENT! WHAT FERVOUR! AND THAT’S THE BEAUTIFUL GAME!

BY AMANDA WATERS