Newcastle United could not take advantage of Liverpool's 60-hour turnaround at St James' Park as the title challengers stayed on track. Liverpool had complained about the early kick off on Tyneside just two days after facing Villarreal in the Champions League semi-finals.
If anything it seemed to fire them up a little bit more than usual. But Newcastle came up against a team who are on the next level.
The Reds dominated possession and created 24 attempts at goal but it was Naby Keita's first half strike that proved enough to take three points. On another day substitute Chris Wood would have lifted the ball over Alisson for Newcastle's clearest chance of the day but failed to time his run properly and was ruled offside.
