James Porter:, external Ayoze Perez is brilliant great little player. Fair play to Alan Pardew. Liverpool are a very stop-start team, Daniel Sturridge is needed.

Sean Patrick:, external So happy Newcastle are doing better now, but do the "Pardew out" fans deserve these good results?

Alex Watson:, external What on earth has Alan being feeding them the last week or so? Too early to claim turnaround of the century?

THREE MINUTES added on. What have you got in the locker Liverpool?

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Former Blackpool and England defender Jimmy Armfield
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

"It was a difficult one. Mario Balotelli's pass was good but it was curling away and Alberto Moreno seemed to get himself in a bit of trouble with his non-kicking foot.

"I'm not sure about playing Raheem Sterling out on the wing. I think he is better as a free player in the centre of midfield. When he is out on the flank the full-back can match him. Liverpool need a bit more spark in their play if they are to find something here."

Mario Balotelli foraging out on the left wing, stands up a good cross to attack but Alberto Moreno fluffs his lines. Good opening for the left-back...

Around seven minutes to go, Liverpool are pushing men on but still don't look particularly threatening. Rickie Lambert hasn't had one cross to attack...

Former Blackpool and England defender Jimmy Armfield
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

"Moussa Sissoko has played well today. He has been the one player who looks like he can really do things with his running off the ball and he has had good control. He made the goal too.

"Now this is a good game. There's nothing like a goal to bring players to life. Rickie Lambert and Mario Balotelli are playing as twin strikers for Liverpool now. Raheem Sterling is on the right and Fabio Borini on the left. It is almost a 4-2-4."

Southampton are the new Liverpool. Attacking, fluent, exciting to watch. Liverpool the new Northampton?

Second-placed Saints manager Ronald Koeman is in an upbeat mood ahead of kick-off at the KC Stadium.

"The players deserve this position," he said. "They showed great ambition, great character. Confidence is important. Everything is more difficult without it. They (Hull) are strong but the belief is in our team, the confidence is in our team."

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Rich Kelly:, external Brendan Rodgers blown millions on rubbish players, can't beat a poor Newcastle side.

Matthew Bennett:, external Has Rickie Lambert run over Brendan Rodgers cat?! 14 minutes in a game when Mario Ballotelli has been absolutely diabolical.

Mohammad Rizwan:, external Liverpool wouldn't get out jail every time by scoring late goals. Awful performance again.

Newcastle suddenly looking dangerous at every attack now, Moussa Sissoko the latest man to break the porous Liverpool backline and his low shot is well clawed out by Simon Mignolet.

Leicester City's top scorer Leonardo Ulloa has been dropped to the bench after failing to register a shot in his last four games. David Nugent starts as a lone striker. Argentine veteran Esteban Cambiasso returns to a five-man midfield for the Foxes.

West Brom make 10 changes to the side that lost to Bournemouth in the League Cup in midweek and revert to the same side that drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace in their last Premier League outing. Saido Berahino leads the line ahead of Stephane Sessegnon.

Leicester City starting XI: Schmeichel, De Laet, Konchesky, Drinkwater, Morgan, James, Vardy, King, Cambiasso, Wasilewski, Nugent.

West Brom starting XI: Foster, Wisdom, Dawson, Lescott, Pocognoli, Brunt, Gardner, Dorrans, Morrison, Sessegnon, Berahino.

Everton make two changes from the win over Burnley last Sunday. Midfielders Ross Barkley and Aiden McGeady replace the benched Leon Osman and Romelu Lukaku.

Swansea make five changes from the side which lost at Liverpool in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday as they return to the side that beat Leicester in the league last week. Striker Wilfried Bony, keeper Lukasz Fabianski, midfielders Ki Sung-Yueng, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Wayne Routledge are all back in the starting line-up.

Everton starting XI: Howard, Baines, Jagielka, Alcaraz, Coleman, Barry, McCarthy, McGeady, Barkley, Naismith, Eto'o

Swansea starting XI: Fabianski, Taylor, Fernandez, Williams, Rangel, Shelvey, Ki, Sigurdsson, Montero, Routledge, Bony

Former Blackpool and England defender Jimmy Armfield
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

"And that really should have been 2-0. Newcastle were two against one, and then Remy Cabella was through on his own and I thought he should have hit it earlier. A good save by Simon Mignolet, but a wasted chance by Newcastle. That could have been it. Liverpool are grateful to Mignolet. The game has certainly come to life since the goal."

After spending most of the last six weeks on the bench, the lesser-spotted Bojan Krkic is in Stoke's starting XI for the second time in four days, with the former Barcelona forward keeping his place up front following Peter Crouch's red card in Wednesday's Capital One Cup defeat by Southampton.

High-flying West Ham are forced into one change from their impressive win over Manchester City last weekend. In-form striker Diafra Sakho, who will make Premier League history if he scores in a seventh successive Premier League start, has failed to shake off a shoulder injury. Hammers boss Sam Allardyce reverts to one up front, Enner Valencia, and brings in Cheikhou Kouyate to bolster his midfield.

Stoke City starting XI: Begovic, Cameron, Shawcross, Wilson, Pieters, N'Zonzi, Sidwell, Moses, Walters, Bojan, Diouf.

West Ham starting XI: Adrian, Jenkinson, Collins, Reid, Cresswell, Song, Noble, Kouyate, Amalfitano, Downing, Valencia.

Just over 10 minutes remaining at St James' Park, can Liverpool fight their way back? Rickie Lambert is on alongside Mario Balotelli. Cue the diagonal ball...

Suheil Patel:, external Do the Newcastle fans still want Alan Pardew out? It pays to persist with managers!

Chris Goodall:, external Awful defending from Alberto Moreno, not for the first time this season.

Joo Ash:, external It all started with Glen Johnson having a go with his left foot. If only I had a dollar for every time I saw him try that.

What sort of thing is happening here?! Liverpool all at sea at the back, a complete shambles, and Newcastle should be 2-0 up. Newcastle have two-on-one on the halfway line, they play it well to stay onside and sub Remy Cabella is clean through on goal.

Just the keeper to beat, but Simon Mignolet makes a big save with his ankle. Has to score...

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Former Blackpool and England defender Jimmy Armfield
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

"Liverpool were caught out there. A quick move down the left and I thought Glenn Johnson should have come across. The ball got a fortunate rebound to Ayoze Perez, who was no more than six yards out, and he thumped the ball. Simon Mignolet had no chance of saving it."

Out of nothing! It looked like being a 0-0 all day long but Newcastle craft out an opener, with the aid of some more rank defending.

Paul Dummett puts over a cross from the left. Liverpool full-back Alberto Moreno reads it well to cut it out, but then takes a heavy touch to allow Ayoze Perez to steal in and smash home from close range.

Moreno did not have that much time...

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Striker Diego Costa, who has missed Chelsea's last four league and cup matches with illness and a hamstring problem, starts as Jose Mourinho makes one change to the side that drew 1-1 at Manchester United on 26 October. Didier Drogba makes way for Costa, who has scored nine goals in seven Premier League games.

QPR also make one change to the side that overcame Aston Villa 2-0 on Monday, Junior Hoilett starting in place of Bobby Zamora, who drops to the bench. There is no Adel Taarabt in the 18.

Chelsea starting XI: Courtois, Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Luis, Matic, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar, Hazard, Costa.

QPR starting XI: Green, Isla, Dunne, Caulker, Suk-yong, Hoilett, Sandro, Henry, Fer, Austin, Vargas.

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