I'm Not Sure I Saw A Football Match - Slot On Newcastle Gameplan

Liverpool head Arne Slot said "he is not excessively judge he saw a shot match" successful reference to Newcastle United's gameplan during his side's 3-2 win astatine St James' Park.

The Reds' 16-year-old guardant Rio Ngumoha scored a 100th-minute victor successful a breathless lucifer during which Newcastle fought backmost from 2-0 down pinch 10 men.

Opta's statistic bespeak nan shot was successful play for 40.8% of nan lucifer - nan lowest percent successful a Premier League lucifer since February 2010.

"I'm not excessively judge if I saw a shot match," Slot told Sky Sports aft nan game.

"It was set-piece aft set-piece, agelong throws. It didn't person a batch to do pinch tactics. But I liked a batch really we stood strong."

The lucifer was played retired against nan backdrop of Alexander Isak's desire to leave Newcastle for Liverpool, which contributed to a feisty ambiance wrong nan stadium.

That translated onto nan pitch, pinch Newcastle's Anthony Gordon shown a reddish paper for a rash situation connected Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk soon earlier half-time.

There were 32 fouls successful full - nan astir successful a Premier League crippled truthful acold this season.

"It was a very difficult first half hour, 45 minutes. We didn't illness astatine each and went 1-0 up," said Slot.

"Newcastle going down to 10 men, you would expect is simply a large positive for america but erstwhile a goalkeeper takes each free-kick, location is not overmuch dream [benefit] if you are 1 subordinate up. That's why it was truthful difficult to bring nan 2-0 complete nan line."

England guardant Gordon has apologised for his dismissal, saying his "intentions were pure".

In a station connected societal media, nan 24-year-old said: "I was conscionable trying to create power successful nan crippled and I mistimed nan tackle.

"I besides want to apologise to Virgil. I would ne'er intend to tackle personification for illustration this connected purpose. We said aft and he knows that.

"More importantly, I'm proud of nan clip I spent connected nan transportation and really we played. The ambiance from you each is what makes St James' Park truthful special.

"I emotion everything we guidelines for arsenic a nine and nary much than correct now. I'll beryllium backmost and better, nan aforesaid arsenic each different setback I've faced."