Martin Dubravka spills a cross but gets away with it and Allan Saint-Maximin goes on a one-man counter-attack which ends in him surrounded by three Liverpool defenders shooting over from a tight angle.

Liverpool would only be six points off Newcastle and the Champions League races if they did win this.

Four subs?!

Liverpool bring on Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino, James Milner and Harvey Elliott.

Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez, Jordan Henderson and Stefan Bajcetic go off.

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St James' Park

I have got to say I don't think Jurgen Klopp will say after the game 'Liverpool have played well'. I know they are 2-0 up. But they have not played well.

Darwin Nunez goes down again, holding the same shoulder.

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Darwin Nunez, who is back on the pitch after that shoulder knock, cuts in from the left and forces a decent save with a low drive.

Newcastle have had 11 shots to Liverpool's six. You'd genuinely never know they were down to 10 men.

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Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St James' Park

I am sure Real Madrid will be making notes. The amount of free headers Newcastle have had. And that was in the six-yard box.

Big chance for Fabian Schar and Newcastle. He gets a head onto the corner from six yards out but he gets his angles all wrong and it goes across goal and wide. Maybe he was trying to find a colleague but he could have scored from there.

Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota are warming up for Liverpool. They can't both replace Darwin Nunez...

Newcastle captain Kieran Trippier and Darwin Nunez collide near the byeline and go down. Trippier slides in on Nunez, who then falls on the defender. Trippier walks away but Nunez needs treatment.

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Big chance for Newcastle. Alex Isak finds a pocket of space in the box from Allan Saint-Maximin's ball, turns and screws a shot over from 14 yards.

Mohamed Salah finds Jordan Henderson (?!) on the overlap down the right but his cross is dealt with.

This is Newcastle's joint longest league unbeaten run in their history, 17 games - level with the latter stages of their 2009-10 Championship promotion season.

Their last league defeat was against today's opponents back in August.

Sean Longstaff looks a bit dazed but the physios never came on so you'd hope it wasn't that bad then.

When your luck is out...

Newcastle's Joelinton clears the ball... straight into the face of Sean Longstaff, who goes down and the referee has to stop play.

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live at St James' Park

It's going to be very difficult for Newcastle. But I have been impressed with their attitude. Liverpool with their front three and pace, they are capable of adding to their lead.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 117 Premier League matches when leading at half-time (W107 D10) dating back to 4 December 2016...

But that was against Eddie Howe, with Bournemouth winning 4-3.

Newcastle straight on the attack as Kieran Trippier lifts a cross into Alex Isak. He heads it down for a team-mate but Alisson gets there first.

Surely the second half isn't going to have quite as much juicy drama? Let's find out, we're under way.

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