curtisjones, virgil van dijk and fabinho all missed their game with newcastle. it didn t stop them from coming from behind to beat newcastle 3 1 though. trent alexander arnold with the pick of the goals. as it stands their game, with spurs is still set to go ahead on sunday. managerjurgen klopp is one of those who s arguing against the idea of the premier league taking firebreak and pausing games until boxing day. i don t see the massive benefit in it, because we come back and it s still the same. if the virus would be gone, then i would be first who stops and goes home and waits until it s gone. but that s probably not the case. but where s the real benefit of it? i don t know it. but there are. so now we can. well, we hope we can play. honestly, we hope we can play and we hope tottenham can play, and all these kinds of things, and we play on sunday. chelsea, who also have covid cases in their squad, and a depleted everton side also managed to play last night. mason mount put his side
hopefully i will see you again shortly. goodbye for now, though. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sports centre. liverpool shrugged off missing three players due to positive covid tests to beat newcastle 3 1 this evening and move a point behind premier league leaders manchester city. newcastle took a surprise lead thanks tojonjo shelvey s long distance strike which found its way through, shelvey scoring against his former club. it wasn t long before liverpool hit back, diogojota putting them level. and four minutes later, who else but mo salah put them 2 1 up. and how about this for an early christmas cracker from trent alexander arnold! no stopping that one as liverpool cruised to a comfortable victory, keeping the pressure up at the top while newcastle remain second from bottom.
news. good evening. this is your update from the bbc sports centre. liverpool shrugged off missing three players due to positive covid tests to beat newcastle 3 1 this evening and move a point behind premier league leaders manchester city. newcastle took a surprise lead thanks tojonjo shelvey s long distance strike which found its way through, shelvey scoring against his former club. it wasn t long before liverpool hit back, diogojota pulling them level. and four minutes later, who else but mo salah put them 2 1 up. and how about this for an early christmas cracker from trent alexander arnold! no stopping that one as liverpool cruised to a comfortable victory, keeping the pressure up at the top while newcastle remain second from bottom. it s more points dropped for chelsea this evening. they were held to a 1 1 draw with everton at stamford bridge. mason mount gave them a second half lead. everton s jarrad branthwaite equalised soon after in a match
are so getting any interest? yeah! people are so excited at this game because there are so excited at this game because there are are so excited at this game because there are suggestions this game could there are suggestions this game could mean relegation for one of the two teams could mean relegation for one of the two teams that i think particularly newcastle. they are at home and are not winning newcastle. they are at home and are not winning games and also they have to at some not winning games and also they have to at some point turned the corner. they to at some point turned the corner. they have to at some point turned the corner. they have to to at some point turned the corner. they have to be in touch before they actually they have to be in touch before they actually get to january. and jenny were actually get to january. and jenny were the actually get to january. and jenny were the committee changed a bit with the were the committee changed a bit
the main picture in the guardian shows celebrating newcastle fans after news of the club s takeover, but there is also a story about warnings of ppe shortages dating from 2016. news of the cuts of the government s travel red list dominates the front page of the i. and the times leads with covid 19 pcr test for families to be scrapped before the half term break. and that to the energy supply story from the daily mail with warnings of £2000 energy bills. delighted to say that lord digby jones is with us now. very good to see you this evening, gentlemen and we will kick off if i can with the financial times. their story on the controversial threat of million pound deal to end the mike ashley era at newcastle.