joe lynskey, bbc news. it s been a dramatic day in the premier league, ten man liverpool were heading for defeat at newcastle before darwin nunez came off the bench and scored twice to give them a 2 1 win. anthony gordon had given newcastle a first half lead and liverpool captain virgil van dijk was sent off minutes later but nunez was brought on in the 77th minute, scored the equaliser in the 81st minute before scoring an almost identical second in stoppage time. an extraordinary turnaround for liverpool the second time in a row we didn t fall apart. we don t know what could have happened, obviously. so that helps to get closer together to create a mentality. again, so would have loved to have played a game with 11 men, but at least we got a chance to do something really special. it s a tough one today, very
race from a top four finish will be the first premier league fixtures with three of the teams featuring vying for the champions league places. newcastle a third right now and play everton who are second from bottom. southampton also playing bournemouth and also manchester united travel to tottenham. tottenham stayed in to play spurs under another caretaker manager. fix, under another caretaker manager. reaction because as a professional when you have a result like we did we want the action. i expect one. absolutely. i think that takes care of itself as a professional and you see with a gesture that the players have done for the fans as well, we were hurting but, ultimately, that was a couple of days ago now and our focus is on thursday and we re going to face that with the full belief that we can get a positive result. i have to make sure our players are
giving haven t taken hours. we can t keep giving goals away at this level because giving goals away at this level because you get punished, and that is what because you get punished, and that is what we because you get punished, and that is what we keep finding out. the level is what we keep finding out. the level at is what we keep finding out. the level at the moment is catching up with us level at the moment is catching up with us because we gave manchester united with us because we gave manchester united three goals last week and gave newcastle a helping hand today as weit~ there were no goals in the midlands derby, leicester against aston villa. villa were probably happier with the point after four defeats in a row. tyrone mings came close with a header and ollie watkins had a couple of half chances. jamie vardy came off the bench for leicester, his first appearance in six weeks. the foxes slip to tenth but have roma on thursday in the semifinal of the europa confer
we can t keep giving goals away at this level because you get punished, and that is what we keep finding out. the level at the moment is catching up with us because we gave manchester united three goals last week and gave newcastle a helping hand today as well. there were no goals in the midlands derby, leicester against aston villa. villa were probably happier with the point after four defeats in a row. tyrone mings came close with a header and ollie watkins had a couple of half chances. jamie vardy came off the bench, for leicester, his first appearance in six weeks. the foxes slip to 10th but have roma on thursday in the semi final of the europa conference league. looking forward to it. our preparation has been really good with all the games but now we can have a little bit of extra rest because we ve been playing every few days. the players need that,