At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on September 1, the fifth round of the 2022-23 Premier League season ushered in a focus battle, with Liverpool sitting at home at Anfield to meet the new local tycoon Newcastle United. In the first half, Isaac, who made his debut for Newcastle, broke the deadlock; In the second half, Salah assisted Firmino to equalize and Carvalho scored in the 98th minute! In the end, Liverpool narrowly beat Newcastle 2-1 to win two consecutive wins.
Liverpool suffered two straight draws in the first two rounds of the new season, with the first three rounds without a win, and the fourth round just beat Bournemouth 9-0. Newcastle has previously drawn with the mighty Manchester City, and their new champion Isaac started the game.
In the opening stages, Newcastle goalkeeper Pope suffered a minor injury, and Luis Díaz received treatment from the team doctor after colliding with Lascelles in the head. In the 18th minute, Newcastle's Fraser received the ball in front of the box and turned to shoot, the ball was deflected.
In the 28th minute, Newcastle won a free kick in front of the box, Trippier took the penalty and hit the goal directly, and the ball was confiscated by Alisson after going around the wall. In the 34th minute, the starting Firmino sent a direct plug in front of the field, Luis Díaz entered the box, received the ball and passed the goalkeeper, and then he pushed high in front of the empty goal.
In the 38th minute, the deadlock was broken, Sean Longstaff cut straight in front of the penalty area, Isaac inserted the ball on the right side of the box and fired a powerful right-footed shot at goal, giving Newcastle a 1-0 lead over Liverpool. At the end of the first half, Liverpool were temporarily behind.
In the 55th minute, Newcastle's left side of the field was directly blocked, Isaac received the ball to form a single knife, he entered the left side of the box and passed two defenders in a row to score, but Isaac was offside and the goal was invalid.
In the 61st minute, Liverpool equalised, Salah took the ball on the right side of the box and crossed, the enveloping Firmino pushed in the middle of the road, Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle, Firmino scored consecutively.
In the 79th minute, Salah picked out a pass, Luis Díaz fired a powerful shot from the left side of the penalty area and Pope lifted the ball off the crossbar with both fists. In the 83rd minute, Liverpool's free-kick into the box was driven into the box, and Fabinho stopped the ball and fired a left-footed shot that went high over the crossbar.
In the 95th minute, Liverpool besieged their opponents in a big way, the cross from the left was cleared inside the box, And gomez inserted himself in front of the box and volleyed high. In the 98th minute, Liverpool's corner kick from the right was driven into the penalty area, and in a chaotic battle, Carvalho picked the ball in front of the goal and scored, Liverpool beat Newcastle 2-1.
In the end, the game ended, and Liverpool won 2-1 thrillingly over Newcastle United to win two straight.