Jurgen Klopp credits Newcastle United for doing this against his Liverpool side

Jurgen Klopp provided his verdict on Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Newcastle United.
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Jurgen Klopp has given credit to Newcastle United for refusing to give up in their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at St James’ Park.

The Magpies’ 17-match Premier League unbeaten run came to against the Reds, who remain the only top-flight team to beat Eddie Howe’s men this campaign.

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Klopp’s side surged into a two-goal advantage within the opening 17 minutes following goals from Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo.

In the 22nd minute, United were then reduced to 10 men when Nick Pope misjudged Alisson’s long ball forward and ended up handling the ball.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

Despite being a man down, Newcastle stayed a threat in the match, and could have pulled a goal back to make proceedings interesting had it not been for the Reds goalkeeper.

“I think we knew how intense the start of Newcastle is, especially at home,” said the German boss. “You have to be ready for that. It was a bit wild but in the moment we controlled it and we scored incredible goals, top goals.

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“The possible third goal, his hand, I didn’t see it, the red card. I would have preferred a goal because I think it was possible if Mo gets on the ball. It is pretty likely that we score there.

“And playing against 11 because it was the moment where we lost a bit of rhythm. Because of the amount of set pieces we gave away, that was always a threat and there is no advantage 11 vs 10 when the ball is on the corner flag or wherever. There is no advantage and there were far too many.

“We had moments where we could have scored the third or fourth one. We didn’t. Once unlucky, once, I still don’t understand it. A square ball for Mo and he goes down.

“I didn’t see it back but in the moment it looked for me like a penalty. I don’t know. But we didn’t score and it keeps the game exciting.

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“Credit to Newcastle, they put a proper shift in and fought really hard. It was exciting until the end but we got the three points and are very happy about them.”

Howe’s side remain fourth in the Premier League table, while Liverpool moved up to eighth to close the gap to six points.

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