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Liverpool Echo
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Keifer MacDonald

'I've given reasons' - Newcastle boss Eddie Howe opens up on Liverpool time-wasting claims

Eddie Howe insists he has no problem with his Newcastle United side being booed off by opposition supporters as they aim to compete with the Premier League's big boys.

Howe was speaking two days after the Magpies were booed off at Anfield, with Liverpool supporters not happy with how the North East outfit had conducted themselves over the course of the 98 minutes. That was after Jurgen Klopp's side had struggled to break down the Magpies, with the likes of Nick Pope and Joelinton seizing their chance of trying to secure a draw by feigning injuries in a bid to stifle any of the Reds' growing momentum following Roberto Firmino's equaliser shortly after the hour mark.

Firmino had restored parity after the visitors' debutant Alexander Isak had fired Newcastle into the lead with an emphatic strike during the first-half.

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