After winning four from four, Liverpool
are in a pretty good place as a club. They aren’t performing to
their elite standard, and the loss of Alisson Becker has had a big
impact on their defensive style. However, they have a game against
Newcastle United coming up that should pose an interesting challenge.
Steve Bruce’s Toon have already been to Spurs and win – could
they be the team to break a very, very long unbeaten record at
Anfield for the Reds?
Liverpool News
The Reds look set to continue their
usual midfield and attacking combination. The only question is who
will partner Virgil van Dijk. The increasingly consistent form of
Joel Matip, though, should see him come back into the starting
line-up. This is interesting, though, as for some time it was
expected that it would be Joe Gomez, not Matip, who would play the
leading partnership role alongside van Dijk.
However, the attack and the full-backs
more or less choose themselves. In midfield, we should see Georginio
Wijnaldum – fresh from a fantastic pair of performances for the
Netherlands – continue alongside Fabinho and Jordan Henderson.
Newcastle United News
The Toon will likely be going with a
contain formation, with the chance of them playing a 5-4-1 again –
as they did at Spus – somewhat likely. In midfield, the combative
duo of Sean Longstaff and Isaac Hayden should likely continue, while
up front they’ll have the aggressive Joelinton. Last time out,
Liverpool struggled a little against the combative nature of Ashley
Barnes up front; Joelinton will likely try and play a similar role
here.
Verdict
Liverpool win. The Merseyside outfit
are in good form and while they are conceding goals and chances, they
are scoring plenty. We should see them keep the ball a bit better
here, which, given Newcastle are likely to sit in and try to soak-up
pressure, could mean that Liverpool simply grind them down.
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