Liverpool secured a 3-2 victory at St James' Park thanks to a 100th-minute winner from 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha after Newcastle fought back from 2-0 down with ten men. The match featured a low 40.8% ball-in-play time, the lowest in the Premier League since February 2010, and 32 fouls, the most this season. Tactics were largely supplanted by set-pieces and long throws, and a red card for Anthony Gordon intensified a feisty atmosphere amid transfer-linked tensions. Newcastle's goalkeeper frequently took free-kicks, limiting the numerical advantage, and Gordon later apologised for the mistimed tackle.
I'm not too sure if I saw a football match. It was set-piece after set-piece, long throws. It didn't have a lot to do with tactics. But I liked a lot how we stood strong.
It was a very difficult first half hour, 45 minutes. We didn't collapse at all and went 1-0 up. Newcastle going down to 10 men, you would expect is a big plus for us but when a goalkeeper takes every free-kick, there is not much hope [benefit] if you are one player up. That's why it was so difficult to bring the 2-0 over the line.
I was just trying to create energy in the game and I mistimed the tackle. I also want to apologise to Virgil. I would never intend to tackle somebody like this on purpose. We spoke after and he knows that. More importantly, I'm proud of the time I spent on the pitch and how we playe
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