Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Chronicle Live
Chronicle Live
Sport
Lee Ryder

Isak makes his debut, change in defence: Liverpool vs Newcastle United teams news

Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe handed new signing Alexander Isak his debut from the start at Anfield tonight. The Sweden international was handed his work permit this afternoon by the Home Office and leads the line against Liverpool with Howe dropping Chris Wood.

Kieran Trippier started at right-back while Jamaal Lascellles and Dan Burn were in the heart of defence. Matt Targett started at left-back after a recent hamstring issue.

A midfield trio of Joelinton, Sean Longstaff and Joe Willock ran the show for Howe in his engine room.

READ MORE: Callum Wilson relishing playing with Alexander Isak

Miguel Almiron and Ryan Fraser were either side of new boy Isak. Howe dropped Sven Botman and Fabian Schar to the bench while Elliot Anderson was forced to wait for a start despite impressing at Wolves in the 1-1 draw.

You can follow the game as it happens in our live match blog here.

Tonight's teams

Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Lascelles, Burn, Targett; Willock, Longstaff, Joelinton; Almiron, Isak, Fraser.

Subs: Darlow, Botman, Schär, Manquillo, Lewis, Murphy, Wood, Anderson, Ritchie.

Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Henderson, Elliott, Salah, Firmino, Diaz.

Subs: Milner, Adrian, Jones, Tsimikas, Carvalho, Matip Bajcetic, Phillips, Davies.

READ NEXT

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.