Premier League, Liverpool hold Newcastle United in 2-2 thriller: Stats
What's the story
Liverpool salvaged a dramatic 2-2 draw against Newcastle United at St James's Park, thanks to a last-minute penalty by Dominik Szoboszlai. The Premier League match was the debut for both clubs' new managers, Andoni Iraola and Matthias Jaissle. Newcastle took the lead through Anthony Elanga before Cody Gakpo equalized in the 2nd half. Substitute Joe Willock restored Newcastle's lead but Liverpool managed to hold on for a point after Szoboszlai's late heroics.
Match highlights
Elanga and Willock put Newcastle ahead twice
Newcastle took an early lead in the fifth minute when Elanga scored his first league goal for the club.
The goal came after a pass from Will Osula, leaving Liverpool's defense exposed.
Despite their slow start, Liverpool equalized in the second half with Gakpo scoring a low drive past Lukas Hornicek.
However, just 176 seconds later, Newcastle regained their lead through Willock after a brilliant run by Yoane Wissa.
Final moments
Szoboszlai's late penalty salvages a point for Liverpool
The match looked to be heading for a Newcastle victory until Lewis Hall's challenge on Victor Munoz in the 96th minute gave Liverpool a lifeline.
Szoboszlai stepped up and scored an emphatic penalty, securing a point for his side.
Despite not being at their best, Liverpool showed resilience to come back from behind twice and earn a draw against a determined Newcastle side.
Liverpool
Unwanted records for the Reds
As per Opta, Liverpool conceded two fast break goals in a Premier League game for the first time since MD1 last season (vs Iraola's Bournemouth).
Notably, this is as many as all other teams combined (2) in the opening round of this season's Premier League games so far.
Liverpool have conceded in the opening five minutes on MD1 of a Premier League season for the very first time.
The Reds remain winless in 19 Premier League away games when falling 1-0 behind (D6 L13) since beating Crystal Palace 2-1 in December 2023.
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Unbeaten on MDI in each of the last 14 seasons
Liverpool are now unbeaten on MD1 in the Premier League in each of the last 14 seasons (since 2013-14). It's the longest active run in the competition.
Duo
Key numbers for Gakpo and Szoboszlai
Making his 128th Premier League appearance, Gakpo now owns 33 goals besides also making 16 assists.
Across all competitions, Gakpo has amassed 51 goals for the Reds in 181 appearances.
On the other hand, Szoboszlai scored his 16th Premier League goals (A15) from 106 appearances.
Szoboszlai made his 148th appearances for the Reds in all competitions. He has scored 29 goals.
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NEW-LIV becomes 2nd-highest scoring PL fixture
As per Squawka, Newcastle vs Liverpool is now the second-highest scoring Premier League fixture of all time (202 goals). Only Liverpool vs Tottenham has produced more goals (211).
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Here are the match stats
From 27 attempts, Liverpool had 7 shots on target. Newcastle had 4 shots on target from 13 attempts. In terms of touches in the opposition box, Liverpool's 36 was way more than Newcastle's 16. Liverpool also completed 370 passess and owned 60.8% ball possesssion.