Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Naby Keita nets winner

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool: Follow reaction as the Reds edge past the Magpies to leapfrog Man City atop the Premier League table

Liverpool are trying to keep up the pressure on Man City atop the Premier League table (REUTERS)

Naby Keita ensured Liverpool’s quadruple hopes remain very much alive as he fired them to victory at in-form Newcastle to keep up the pressure on Premier League title rivals Manchester City.

Keita’s assured first-half finish was enough to claim a 1-0 win at St James’ Park on a day when Reds manager Jurgen Klopp was able to rest Trent Alexander-Arnold, Fabinho, Thiago Alcantara and Mohamed Salah from his startling line-up ahead of Tuesday’s decisive Champions League semi-final trip to Villarreal.

Liverpool might - and probably should - have won more comfortably in front of a boisterous crowd of 52,281 as they held the upper hand for much of a contest which saw the Magpies’ hopes of a fifth successive league win and a seventh on the trot at home wilt in the face of almost constant pressure.

Eddie Howe’s men were never able to build up the kind of head of steam which has eased them clear of the relegation battle, perhaps a reminder of how far they have to go before they can once again compete with English football’s best on a sustained basis.

Follow all the reaction from a crucial Reds win at St James’ Park below:

Newcastle vs Liverpool

• Liverpool go top of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win at St James’ Park
• 19’ - GOAL! Keita finishes smartly (0-1)
• Newcastle XI: Dúbravka, Burn, Krafth, Schär, Targett, Shelvey, Willock, Bruno Guimarães, Saint-Maximin, Almirón, Joelinton
• Liverpool XI: Alisson; Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson; Milner, Henderson, Keita; Diaz, Mane, Jota

[30 April 2022 13:17 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

45+2 mins: Newcastle work a nice move to the edge of the Liverpool box before Almiron goes down under pressure from Matip and Robertson. Not enough in it for Andre Marriner.

That should be that for the first period.

[30 April 2022 13:16 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

45 mins: Two minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half.

So far this game has gone exactly how Jurgen Klopp would have wanted. After a bright start from the hosts, Liverpool have dominated the remaining 40 minutes or so.

[30 April 2022 13:14 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

44 mins: Joelinton needs to be careful - he is really fired up out there. A nothing free-kick sees the Newcastle man have a nibble at Diaz after the ball has gone. He then shoves Jota and Keita.

YELLOWS. Andre Marriner books both Joelinton and Jota. Needless.

[30 April 2022 13:13 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

43 mins: From the resulting corner the ball drops to Milner on the edge of the box but his venomous drive drifts a couple of yards wide.

[30 April 2022 13:12 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

42 mins: Van Dijk does absolutely superbly to work his way out of trouble after a pressure pass from Alisson. There were three black and white shirts around the Dutch defender but he is able to evade their challenges and find Robertson with a bafflingly relaxed piece of play.

CHANCE! Liverpool then work the ball out wide to Henderson who sends a lovely cross in for Jota. The Portuguese forward swivels and heads towards the top corner but Dubravka is equal to it with the acrobatic save.

[30 April 2022 13:10 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

40 mins: DISALLOWED GOAL! Guimaraes slides Almiron in behind the Liverpool defence. He looks offside but plays on anyway. Alisson gets a fingertip to the ball but can’t stop Almiron from going around him and poking the ball home.

Then the flag goes up. He was a good few yards offside.

[30 April 2022 13:08 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

38 mins: Keita slides a pass into Mane 25 yards from goal. He looks up and tries to beat Guimaraes who gets his body across but commits a foul in the process.

Good opportunity to have a shot at goal for Liverpool - even without Salah and Alexander-Arnold.

It’s Henderson who tries his luck but it’s a good 10 yards wide of Dubravka’s left-hand post.

[30 April 2022 13:06 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

36 mins: CHANCE! Liverpool break as Newcastle are caught upfield. Diaz powers through the middle of the pitch and lays it off to Mane inside the area but his right-footed effort is too close to Dubravka and the Slovak can make a routine save.

Klopp has his head in his hands on the touchline. He knows that was a big chance to potentially put this game to bed before half-time.

[30 April 2022 13:04 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

34 mins: Shelvey clears the corner away but Liverpool have it back inside the Newcastle half. It’s becoming a little too much attack vs defence for Eddie Howe’s liking.

Liverpool well on top now.

[30 April 2022 13:03 · Dylan Terry]

Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool

32 mins: Henderson lofts a delightful pass over the top for Diaz. He feeds it back to Gomez who delivers a nice cross into the box but Newcastle clear.

Gomez has it back and tries a low cross which Burn turns behind for another Liverpool corner.