Late Darwin Nunez double snatches points for 10-man Liverpool
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A stoppage-time winner from Darwin Nunez capped a stunning comeback from 10-man Liverpool in a display that went from the ridiculous to the sublime.
The Uruguay international came off the bench to score twice in the last nine minutes, levelling with a clinical angled drive in a contest Jurgen Klopp's side had seemingly done their best to throw away until, with the odds stacked almost impossibly against them, they dug deep to stretch their 14-game Premier League unbeaten run.
A point looked to be daylight robbery, but deep into added time, Nunez broke through to beat Pope again with another nerveless effort to seal a quite unfathomable outcome given what had gone on before.
As a former Evertonian, it didn't require a second invitation for Anthony Gordon to initially exploit a Liverpool implosion of epic proportions. Jurgen Klopp looked on with a mixture of bemusement and disbelief in a first-half where his troops pulled the trigger after pointing the gun squarely at their own feet with acts of breath-taking self-sabotage.
Released by the Anfield club as an 11-year-old, Gordon accepted the gifts on offer with relish as the England Under-21 international clearly impressed the watching Gareth Southgate.
Two of the German's most trusted lieutenants, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold were the chief culprits in handing what looked like a first Newcastle victory in this fixture in approaching eight years.
In the space of 140 pivotal seconds midway through the first-half, Alexander-Arnold waved Gordon through for the contest's opening goal, before van Dijk handed them a numerical advantage with the kind of agricultural challenge that speaks volumes about the Dutchman's waning powers.
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