Newcastle United's English head coach Eddie Howe looks on during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 31, 2026.placeholder image
Newcastle United's English head coach Eddie Howe looks on during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 31, 2026. | AFP via Getty Images
Newcastle United were beaten 4-1 by Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League.
And it was deserved, the Magpies had Liverpool all at sixes and sevens in the first 40 minutes at Anfield.
But a two-minute period of madness, and Hugo Ekitike brilliance, flipped the game on it’s head.
Down at the break but still arguably the better side, the Magpies eventually succumbed midway through the second period as Florian Wirtz before Ibrahima Konate added a fourth late on, following a Nick Pope error.
Newcastle United's English head coach Eddie Howe looks on during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 31, 2026.placeholder image
Newcastle United's English head coach Eddie Howe looks on during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on January 31, 2026. | AFP via Getty Images
And this is what head coach Eddie Howe had to say about the encounter.
Eddie Howe quotes to follow...
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