Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe handed new signing Alexander Isak his debut from the start at Anfield tonight. The Sweden international was handed his work permit this afternoon by the Home Office and leads the line against Liverpool with Howe dropping Chris Wood.
Kieran Trippier started at right-back while Jamaal Lascellles and Dan Burn were in the heart of defence. Matt Targett started at left-back after a recent hamstring issue.
A midfield trio of Joelinton, Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock ran the show for Howe in his engine room.
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Miguel Almiron and Ryan Fraser were either side of new boy Isak. Howe dropped Sven Botman and Fabian Schar to the bench while Elliot Anderson was forced to wait for a start despite impressing at Wolves in the 1-1 draw.
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Tonight's teams
Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Lascelles, Burn, Targett; Willock, Longstaff, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Fraser.
Subs: Darlow, Botman, Schär, Manquillo, Lewis, Murphy, Wood, Anderson, Ritchie.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Elliott, Salah, Firmino, Diaz.
Subs: Milner, Adrian, Jones, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Matip Bajcetic, Phillips, Davies.
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