14 September 2023
By Sungeun Kim
A dramatic come-from-behind win against Liverpool Newcastle at St James' Park. The first half was going with a tight flow. However, in the 25th minute of the first half, Salah passed to Alexander Arnold, but Arnold missed the touch and sent the ball back. Anthony Gordon didn't miss this opportunity and took possession of the ball and succeeded in shooting and scoring the opening goal.
Three minutes later, on 28', Van Dijk received a red card for a deep tackle. The rest of the first half was completely played in Newcastle's flow. In the second half, the flow of the game was completely Newcastle's.
Then, in the 58th minute, Liverpool removed Gakpo for Jota, then replaced Endo for Elliot. However, it did not have any significant effect. Then, in the 77th minute, as the last replacement card, Mac Alister was removed and Nunez was put in. In the 81st minute of the second half, a pass to Jota hits the body of a Newcastle defender and the ball bounces in front of Nunez. He connects it with a shot and manages to equalize.
After that, Newcastle tried to attack again, but no goal came out. In the 93rd minute, Newcastle's pass missed abled Liverpool to attack, and as Salah stabbed Nunez with a kill pass, he didn't miss it and fired a shot, leading to a come-from-behind goal.
In the end, Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 thanks to Nunez's performance. Nunez was an ambitious striker that Liverpool bought in last season, but he had poor results as he could not adapt to the Premier League. Will he be able to resurrect this season?