Newcastle United discovered themselves a aim all the way down to Liverpool at half-time on Monday night time and will discover it tough to select up any factors after they have been diminished to 10 males heading into the break.
Newcastle are hoping to get their first Premier League win of the season in opposition to the Reds at St James’ Park after a goalless draw with Aston Villa final weekend.
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The Magpies went head-to-head with Liverpool for some time till an outstanding strike from Ryan Gravenberch within the thirty fifth minute put the guests forward.
Anthony Gordon sophisticated issues for Newcastle ten minutes later after his yellow card was upgraded to purple following a VAR evaluate.
The makeshift Toons striker made a reckless problem on Virgil van Dijk, and he was rightly despatched off, leaving Alan Shearer fuming.
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The England worldwide will now miss the sport in opposition to Leeds United earlier than the worldwide break, and he might be banned for longer.
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A 3-game ban might be on the playing cards for Gordon, which might additionally see him miss the league video games in opposition to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth.
The 24-year-old has now been despatched off thrice since becoming a member of Newcastle, and this newest purple card might give supervisor Eddie Howe a wide array headache.
He’s with out the wantaway Alexander Isak, and the Sweden worldwide is unlikely to be obtainable for choice in opposition to Leeds on Saturday as he insists he needs to go away.
Howe now has to grow to be artistic with each Gordon and Isak set to be unavailable in opposition to the newly-promoted membership, and failure to move into the break with out a win might be an enormous blow.
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Newcastle noticed Wolves for Norwegian striker Jorgen Strand Larsen in the present day, whereas Brentford rejected a £40m bid from them for Yoane Wissa final week.