Liverpool Concede Goal and Have Van Dijk Sent Off in Disastrous 2 Minutes vs Newcastle

• Liverpool had a disastrous opening half hour against Newcastle United
• The Reds went behind thanks to a mistake from Trent Alexander Arnold in the 25th minute
• Two minutes later, they were down to 10 men as their captain was sent off for denying a goal scoring opportunity

Liverpool gave themselves a mountain to climb on Sunday, August 27 after going 1-0 and one man down against a rejuvenated Newcastle United in a space of two minutes.

The Reds were slight favourites going into the game but it was always going to be an uphill task against a Newcastle side that has been transformed since the takeover by a consortium led by the Public Investment Fund.

Eddie Howe’s side appeared to have a plan, to utilize the weaknesses of right back Trent-Alexander Arnold, who had a tendency to meander out of position at times.

Dejected Mohamed Salah leaves the pitch fuming after getting substituted

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Trent was lucky not to see red card inside the opening five minutes of the game as he was cautioned with yellow early on for dissent after throwing the ball back in play in frustration.

Moments later, he put his arms across Anthony Gordon, conceding a foul, but the referee showed some leniency when he could easily have drawn a second yellow card.

Trent concedes, Van Dijk sent off

Those early signs that Liverpool were shaky at the back proved right as they were behind at the 25th minute mark when Trent Alexander Arnold somehow failed to control a simple back pass from Mohamed Salah to allow former Everton man Gordon to charge through on goal to slot beyond Alisson for the opener.

Moments later and Newcastle were through again as Alexander Isak was about to test the keeper but was impeded by Virgil Van Dijk, who seemingly left the referee with no choice but to issue red in an apparent punishment to the Liverpool captain for denying a goal scoring opportunity.

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Van Dijk was raging at the decision, and took some minutes before storming off the pitch amid protests from his teammates.

Nunez inspires Liverpool win

Remarkably, Liverpool still managed to come off with a win thanks to a late brace from Darwin Nunez.

Against the odds, Nunez drew the game level with a whipped shot past vafter a mistake from the Newcastle defence.

In added time, the Uruguay international found what proved to be the winner with an equally emphatic finish after taking Mohamed Salah’s pass into his stride.

Haaland celebrates with pitch invader

Sports Brief also reported on the hilarious moment Man City ace Erling Haaland celebrated his goal with a pitch invader.

Haaland found the opener against Sheffield United after missing a penalty in the first half as the Citizens ran out 2-1 winners.

In the midst of celebrations, a pitch invader appeared out of nowhere, and other Man City player briefly embraced him in jubilation.