"YOU F------ DESERVE IT!" the Liverpool supporter hissed as Newcastle United players and staff left the field to a chorus of boos at Anfield. Liverpool had just won the game 2-1, following a dramatic 98th-minute winner, yet you would not have known it.
It was a night where emotions ran high last August; Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg stuck two fingers up at the visiting bench after Fabio Carvalho's winning goal while Dan Hodges, Newcastle's head of performance, threw a bottle. In a written apology to the FA's independent regulatory commission, Achterberg could not help but admit that he 'felt satisfied that Newcastle’s apparent attempt to delay the match had not been successful' as he explained his actions.
However, the manner of that loss only brought an already tight-knit group at Newcastle closer together. This was not a feeling Eddie Howe and his players wanted to experience again.
