Sunday March 19th 2006
NEWCASTLE UTD 1 LIVERPOOL 3
NEWCASTLE UTD: Given, Ramage, Boumsong, Elliott, Babayaro, Solano, Parker, Emre (Clark 90), N'Zogbia (Bowyer 28), Shearer,Ameobi (Dyer 62).
Subs Not Used: Harper, Moore.
LIVERPOOL: Reina, Agger, Hyypia (Fowler 90), Carragher,Warnock, Kromkamp, Hamann, Gerrard (Alonso 74), Kewell, Cisse,Crouch (Luis Garcia 63).
Subs Not Used: Dudek, Traore.
The Irish goalkeeper said this week he feels he is a Geordie, and that is probably the only thing keeping him at St James' Park, because even he must have wondered what the hell he was doing at this club as we enter the post-Souness period.
United were never at the races. Barring Shay, every other Newcastle player should hang their head in shame because this was simply not acceptable! Just like at Old Trafford last week, we were out-fought, and no matter how much skill the other side has, you can at least put up a fight. But the side wilted and withered in the St James' Park mud long before the Scouse beanpole ghosted in on the far post to put Liverpool ahead
Trailing 2-0 long before half-time after Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard had struck, the Magpies fought back to go into the interval just one behind at the break courtesy of Shola Ameobi's header.
But their hopes of a comeback were ripped apart within seven minutes of the second half when Jean-Alain Boumsong was dismissed for a foul on Crouch inside the box and Djibril Cisse converted the penalty to increase the pain.
Cisse stroked the penalty home to make it 3-1 and was promptly booked for over-celebrating, and he was spoken to once again within minutes for appearing to gesture towards a section of the home fans.