Liverpool vs. Newcastle: *Bumper* Post-Match Analysis

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Post-Match Thoughts

Paul Tomkins

That wasn't heavy metal football. That was Megadeath on steroids.

THE HIGHEST xG EVER RECORDED!

Newcastle were lucky the Reds only scored four, and that they managed to scrape couple of goals out of nothing in reply.

That was football on LSD. Had Trent Alexander-Arnold's shot from the byline gone in off the post, the game would have had to be called off for mass hallucination.

For the Reds a mixture of pretty much every kind of chance, shot, miss, parry, save, woodwork, open goal, rasper, grasper, rebound, penalty, off-the-line, off-his-knee, and with goals chalked off by VAR as well.

I made notes of all the big chances as the game unfolded, and the big moments, and felt it would turn into War and Peace.

I made a note of how I've said before how terrible Anthony Taylor can be at game management, but that at Anfield, unlike all but pretty much one other ref, he at least gives the Reds penalties.

The game was an assault on the senses, in the best possible way, and yet also, at 0-0 and then 1-1, felt like it could end up being one of the most unfair results since ... well, since Liverpool also had 34 shots against a United (Manchester) a couple of weeks ago.

This is attacking speed-thrash, played at 5x, in a vehicle setting the land-speed record.

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